A novel form of oxytocin in new world monkeys

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 584-587

  Lee, Alex G ^a   Cool, David R ^b   Grunwald Jr , William C ^a   Neal, Donald E ^a   Buckmaster, Christine L ^a   Cheng, Michelle Y ^a   Hyde, Shellie A ^a   Lyons, David M ^a   Parker, Karen J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine vasopressin; Mesotocin; New world monkey; Oxytocin; Oxytocin receptor; Squirrel monkey

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; OXYTOCIN;

AMINO ACID; HORMONE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; PEPTIDE; PRIMATE; RESEARCH WORK;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PLATYRRHINI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXYTOCIN; PLATYRRHINI;

EUTHERIA; PLATYRRHINI; SAIMIRI; SAIMIRI SCIUREUS;

EID: 80051683930     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0107     Document Type: Article

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