The evolution and variety of RFamide-type neuropeptides: insights from deuterostomian invertebrates
Five families of neuropeptides that have a C-terminal RFamide motif have been identified in vertebrates: 1. gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH), 2. neuropeptide FF (NPFF) 3. pyroglutamylated RFamide peptide (QRFP), 4. prolactin-releasing peptide (PrRP) and 5. Kisspeptin. Experimental demonstrati...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-06-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Endocrinology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fendo.2014.00093/full |