Activities of seasonably variable caerulein and rothein skin peptides from the tree frogs Litoria splendida and Litoria rothii

Toxicon

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 828-835

  Sherman, Patrick J ^a   Jackway, Rebecca J ^a   Nicholson, Emily ^a   Musgrave, Ian F ^a   Boontheung, Pinmanee ^a   Bowie, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

2D NMR structures; Caerulein peptides; Litoria rothii; Litoria splendida; Lymphocyte activity; Opioid activity; Rothein 1; Seasonal variation of skin peptides; Smooth muscle activity

Indexed keywords

CERULETIDE; CHOLECYSTOKININ RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ROTHEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; GENUS; GUINEA PIG; HOST RESISTANCE; HYDROLYSIS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN GLAND; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN CELL; SUMMER; WINTER;

AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANURA; CAERULEIN; GUINEA PIGS; ILEUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEASONS; SKIN;

HYLIDAE; LITORIA; LITORIA ROTHII; LITORIA SPLENDIDA;

EID: 68949163786     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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