NG peptides: A novel family of neurophysin-associated neuropeptides

Gene

Volumn 458, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 20-26

  Elphick, Maurice R ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branchiostoma floridae; Neuropeptide S; Oxytocin; Saccoglossus kowalevskii; SIFamide; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

ALANYLTYROSYLARGINYLLYSYLPROLYLPROLYLPHENYLALANYLASPARAGYLGLYCYLSERYLISOLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE AMIDE; ASPARAGYLGLYCYLPHENYLALANYLTRYPTOPHANYLASPARAGINE AMIDE; ASPARAGYLGLYCYLPHENYLALANYLTYROSYLASPARAGINE AMIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPHYSIN; NG PEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; SERYLPHENYLALANYLARGINYLASPARAGINYLGLYCYLVALINE AMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; SACCOGLOSSUS KOWALEVSKII; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROPHYSINS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PROTOSTOMIA; SACCOGLOSSUS KOWALEVSKII; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77952543796     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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