Phylogenetic investigation of peptide hormone and growth factor receptors in five dipteran genomes

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Vogel, Kevin J ^a   Brown, Mark R ^a   Strand, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GPCR; Guanylyl cyclase; Neuropeptide; Protein hormone; Receptor tyrosine kinase; Serine threonine kinase

Indexed keywords

ALLATOSTATIN RECEPTOR; BURISCON RECEPTOR; CALCITONIN LIKE DIURETIC HORMONE RECEPTOR; CORAZONIN RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR LIKE DIURETIC HORMONE RECEPTOR; ECDYSONE RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GPA2 RECEPTOR; GPB5 RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; LATROPHILIN RECEPTOR; METHUSELAH LIKE RECEPTOR; MYOSUPPRESSIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE F RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE Y RECEPTOR; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PIGMENT DISPERSING FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROCTOLIN RECEPTOR; PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR GUANYLYL CYCLASE; RHODOPSIN RECEPTOR; SECRETIN RECEPTOR; TACHYKININ RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; TRISSIN RECEPTOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DATA MINING; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA MOJAVENSIS; EVOLUTION; GENOME; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84892164439     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00193     Document Type: Article

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