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Inhibition of Caenorhabditis elegans social feeding by FMRFamide-related peptide activation of NPR-1.
Nature neuroscience - 1 Nov 2003
Rogers Candida, Reale Vincenzina, Kim Kyuhyung, Chatwin Heather, Li Chris, Evans Peter, de Bono Mario
Abstract excerpt
Social and solitary feeding in natural Caenorhabditis elegans isolates are associated with two alleles of the orphan G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) NPR-1: social feeders contain NPR-1 215F, whereas solitary feeders contain NPR-1 215V. Here we identify FMRFamide-related neuropeptides (FaRPs) encoded by the flp-18 and flp-21 genes as NPR-1 ligands and show that these peptides can differentially activate the...
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