PdT-2: A novel myotropic Type-2 tryptophyllin from the skin secretion of the Mexican giant leaf frog, Pachymedusa dacnicolor

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1557-1561

  Wang, Lei ^a   Zhou, Mei ^a   Chen, Tianbao ^a   Walker, Brian ^a   Shaw, Chris ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHYLLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SKIN SECRETION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANURA; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; OLIGOPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SKIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PACHYMEDUSA DACNICOLOR; RATTUS;

EID: 67650465266     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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