Cloning, sequence analysis and tissue distribution of the mouse and rat urotensin II precursors
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- 20 August 1999
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 457 (1), 28-32
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01003-0
Abstract
Urotensin II (UII) is a cyclic neuropeptide initially isolated from the caudal neurosecretory system of teleost fish. The recent cloning of the UII precursor in frog and human has demonstrated that t...Keywords
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