Neurohormones and neuropeptides encoded by the genome of Lottia gigantea, with reference to other mollusks and insects

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 86-103

  Veenstra, Jan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Allatostatin; Allatotropin; Bursicon; Elevenin; Insulin; NKY; Pigment dispersing factor; Proctolin

Indexed keywords

ACHATIN; ALANYLPROLYLGLYCYLTRYPTOPHANAMIDE; ALLATOSTATIN; ALLATOSTATIN C; ALLATOTROPIN; BROXYQUINOLINE; BUCCALIN; BURSICON; CEREBRIN; CONOPRESSIN; EGG LAYING HORMONE; ELEVENIN; FEEDING CIRCUIT ACTIVATING NEUROPEPTIDE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN A2; GLYCOPROTEIN B5; LEUCYLPHENYLALANYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; LUQIN; LYMNOKININ; MYOMODULIN; NEUROHORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PARABURSICON; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; PHENYLALANYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; PLEURIN; RELAXIN 3; TACHYKININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; CEPHALOPOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; LOTTIA GIGANTEA; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRECURSOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

EID: 77952547163     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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