FMRFamide-related peptides, partial serotonin depletion, and osmoregulation in Helisoma duryi (Mollusca: Pulmonata). J Comp Neurol. 1998; 393 :25–33. [ PubMed ]Khan H, Price DA, Doble KE, Greenberg MJ, Saleuddin ASM. FMRFamide-related peptides partial serotonin depletion and osmoregulatio...
To investigate the roles of these peptides in more detail, we have analyzed the egg-laying behavior of deletion mutants (kindly provided by Chris Li) that are defective in production of specific FaRP precursors. We have found that one of these mutants, defective in the gene flp-1, have ...
FMRFamide-related peptides have been isolated from both invertebrates and vertebrates and exhibit a wide range of biological effects in rats. We show here that in humans 2 FMRFamide-related peptides are encoded by a single gene expressed as a spliced mRNA. The larger predicted peptide (AGEGLNS...
Being interested in the functional roles of TRPs in invertebrates, we investigated here whether peptides of this family are also present in insect sensory neurones. Several forms of TRPs have been isolated from the locust brain [43]. These peptides, designated locustatachykinins I–IV (LomTK-...
Since then several hundred FMRFamide-related peptides (FaRPs) have been isolated from invertebrate animals. Precursors to the FaRPs likely arose in the cnidarians. With the transition to a bilateral body plan FaRPs became a fixture in the invertebrate phyla. They have come to play a critical ...
Since then several hundred FMRFamide-related peptides (FaRPs) have been isolated from invertebrate animals. Precursors to the FaRPs likely arose in the cnidarians. With the transition to a bilateral body plan FaRPs became a fixture in the invertebrate phyla. They have come to play a critical ...
A large number of FMRFamide-related peptides (FaRPs) are found in nematodes, and some of these are known to influence tension and contractility of neuromuscular strips isolated from Ascaris suum body wall. Relaxation of these strips has been noted with five nematode FaRPs. The inhibitory actions...
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(1994). FMRFamide-related peptides in sex segmental ganglia of the pharyngobdellid leech Erpobdella octoculata. Eur. J. Biochem. 221, 269-275.Salzet M, Bulet P, Wattez C, Malecha J. FMRFamide-related peptides in the sex segmental ganglia of the pharyngobdellid leech Erpobdella oct...
polychaetes, FMR Famide immunoreactivity shows a broad phylogenetic distribution with FMRFamide-related peptides (FaRPs) having been detected in every organism studied including the mammalian CNS.3 These observations suggest that a family of FMRFamide-related peptides exists within the animal kingdom....