Kasstasin: A novel potent vasoconstrictor peptide from the skin secretion of the African red-legged running frog, Kassina maculata

Biochimie

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1537-1542

  Li, Xiaohe ^a,b   Feng, Wanyu ^b   Zhou, Mei ^a   Ma, Chengbang ^a   Chen, Tianbao ^a   Zeller, Martin ^c,d   Hornshaw, Martin ^c,d   Wang, Lei ^a,b   Shaw, Chris ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC   (Germany)

^d Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Mass spectrometry; Molecular cloning; Skin peptides; Vasoactive

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; KASSTASIN; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTERY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; FROG; HEMOLYSIS; KASSINA MACULATA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SKIN SECRETION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIAN PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HEMOLYSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PEPTIDES; RANIDAE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYPEROLIIDAE; KASSINA; KASSINA MACULATA; RATTUS;

EID: 79960843849     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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