Neuropeptide physiology in helminths

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 692, Issue , 2010, Pages 78-97

  Mousley, Angela ^b   Novozhilova, Ekaterina ^b   Kimber, Michael J ^b   Day, Tim A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE F; NEUROPEPTIDE LIKE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG TARGETING; EXCITATION; HELMINTH; LEISURE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEMATODE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHARYNX; PHYLUM; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ASCARIS; BODY POSTURE; CHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; VERMES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASCARIS; HELMINTHS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEMATODA; NEUROPEPTIDES; PLATYHELMINTHS; POSTURE;

EID: 79952278866     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6902-6_5     Document Type: Article

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