Structure, regulation and function of ghrelin

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-128

  Sato, Takahiro ^a   Nakamura, Yuki ^a   Shiimura, Yuki ^a   Ohgusu, Hideko ^a   Kangawa, Kenji ^b   Kojima, Masayasu ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

acyl ghrelin; des acyl ghrelin; GHS R; GHSs; GOAT

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; OBESTATIN;

ACYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APPETITE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMOSOME 3P; CHROMOSOME 3Q; ENZYME REGULATION; EXON; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HISTORY; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ACYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GHRELIN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84863033391     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvr134     Document Type: Review

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