Neuropeptide gene families in Caenorhabditis elegans

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 692, Issue , 2010, Pages 98-137

  Li, Chris ^a   Kim, Kyuhyung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CHOLECYSTOKININ; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; RECOMBINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SOMATOMEDIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL INTERACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROPEPTIDES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79952276784     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6902-6_6     Document Type: Article

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