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Functional hypervariability and gene diversity of cardioactive neuropeptides.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 24 Dec 2010
Möller Carolina, Melaun Christian, Castillo Cecilia, Díaz Mary E, Renzelman Chad M, Estrada Omar, Kuch Ulrich, Lokey Scott, Marí Frank
Abstract excerpt
Crustacean cardioactive peptide (CCAP) and related peptides are multifunctional regulatory neurohormones found in invertebrates. We isolated a CCAP-related peptide (conoCAP-a, for cone snail CardioActive Peptide) and cloned the cDNA of its precursor from venom of Conus villepinii. The precursor o...
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