Ghrelin: From gene to physiological function

Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation

Volumn 50, Issue , 2010, Pages 185-205

  Kojima, Masayasu ^a   Kangawa, Kenji ^b  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; GHRELIN; GHRELIN O ACYLTRANSFERASE, HUMAN; GHRELIN O-ACYLTRANSFERASE, HUMAN; GROWTH HORMONE; PEPTIDE HORMONE; SERINE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RAT; STOMACH;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; SERINE; STOMACH; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; THREONINE;

EID: 77950290841     PISSN: 00801844     EISSN: 18610412     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/400_2009_28     Document Type: Article

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