Discovery of multiple neuropeptide families in the phylum Platyhelminthes

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1243-1252

  McVeigh, Paul ^a   Mair, Gunnar R ^b   Atkinson, Louise ^a   Ladurner, Peter ^d   Zamanian, Mostafa ^c   Novozhilova, Ekaterina ^c   Marks, Nikki J ^a   Day, Tim A ^c   Maule, Aaron G ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR JOÃO LOBO ANTUNES   (Portugal)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Helminth; Neuropeptide precursor; npp

Indexed keywords

BUCCALIN LIKE PEPTIDE; MYOMODULIN LIKE PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE F LIKE PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE FF LIKE PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HELMINTH PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR;

BIOINFORMATICS; FLATWORM; GENOMICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CLONORCHIS SINENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENOMICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; PLATYHELMINTH; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; TAENIA SOLIUM; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; FEMALE; GENOME, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTHS; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650588812     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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