A novel inhibitory gonadotropin-releasing hormone-related neuropeptide in the ascidian, Ciona intestinalis

Peptides

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2200-2205

  Kawada, Tsuyoshi ^a   Aoyama, Masato ^a   Okada, Iyo ^b   Sakai, Tsubasa ^a   Sekiguchi, Toshio ^a   Ogasawara, Michio ^b   Satake, Honoo ^a  

^a SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Ciona intestinalis; GnRH; Inhibitor; Neuropeptide

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN 3; GONADORELIN 5; GONADORELIN 6; GONADORELIN RELATED NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN GANGLION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL LINE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CYCLIC AMP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 70449644350     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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