Bioactive peptides
By: editors, John Howl and Sarah Jones.
Contributors: Howl, John.; Jones, Sarah, Dr.
Publisher: CRC Press/Taylor & Francis
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781420061161
Subjects: Peptides -- Physiological effect; Peptides -- physiology; Biological Factors -- physiology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Angiotensins : from endocrine to intracrine functions / Mark C. Chappell; title: CT, CGRP, amylin, and aderenomedullins / Debbie L. Hay and David Poyner; title: Neuropeptide Y family peptides / Cláudia Cavadas, Joana Rosmaninho Salgado, Eric Grouzmann; title: Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide / Eve M. Lutz ... [et al.]; title: Opioid peptides / Jane V. Aldrich; title: Cholecystokinins and gastrins / Jens F. Rehfeld; title: The chemistry and biology of insulin-like peptide 3, a novel member of the insulin superfamily / Fazel Shabanpoor ... [et al.]; title: Somatostatin analogues / Kjell Öberg; title: Tachykinins / Nigel M. Page, Parvathy Subramaniam, Suzanne E. Newton; title: Neurotensin / Paul Dobner, Robert E. Carraway; title: Twenty-five years of galanin research / Johan Runesson ... [et al.]; title: Bioactive peptides in gut-brain signalling / Erik Näslund, Per Grybäck, Per M. Hellström; title: Nonribosomal peptides / Alexandra A. Roberts, Leanne A. Pearson, Brett A. Neilan; title: Anuran host-defence peptides which complex with Ca2+ calmodulin and inhibit the synthesis of the cell signalling agent nitric oxide by neuronal nitric oxide synthase / Jason R. Doyle ... [et al.]; title: Host-defence peptides from the secretion of the skin glands of frogs and toads : membrane-active peptides from the genera litoria, uperoleia and crinia / John H. Bowie ... [et al.]; title: Antimicrobial peptides / Alison M. McDermott; title: Mast cell degrannulating peptides / Joseph Price; title: Mastoparans / Sarah Jones, John Howl; title: Spider venom and hemolymph derived cytolytic and antimicrobial peptides / Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig, Christian Trachsel, Wolfgang Nentwig.