Peptidomics and peptide hormone processing in the drosophila midgut

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1881-1892

  Reiher, Wencke ^a   Shirras, Christine ^b   Kahnt, Jörg ^c   Baumeister, Stefan ^a   Isaac, R Elwyn ^d   Wegener, Christian ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

feeding; gastrointestinal system; insect; MALDI TOF mass spectrometry; metabolic signaling; peptide hormone; peptide processing; prohormone convertase

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 2;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DROSOPHILA; ENTEROENDOCRINE CELL; FEEDING; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INSECT HORMONES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PROTEOMICS;

HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79953714910     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: 15353907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr101116g     Document Type: Article

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