Characterization of a corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)/diuretic hormone-like peptide from tunicates: Insight into the origins of the vertebrate CRF family

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 330-336

  Lovejoy, David A ^a   Barsyte Lovejoy, Dalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ciona; HPA I axis; Peptide evolution; Sauvagine; Stress; Urocortin; Urotensin I

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DIURETIC HORMONE LIKE PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; SAUVAGINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCORTIN; UROCORTIN II; UROCORTIN III; UROTENSIN I;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CIONA SAVIGNII; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENOME; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSECT; INTERRENAL GLAND; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 71549127086     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.07.013     Document Type: Article

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