Analysis of Pigment-Dispersing Factor Neuropeptides and Their Receptor in a Velvet Worm

Pigment-dispersing factor neuropeptides (PDFs) occur in a wide range of protostomes including ecdysozoans (= molting animals) and lophotrochozoans (mollusks, annelids, flatworms, and allies). Studies in insects revealed that PDFs play a role as coupling factors of circadian pacemaker cells, thereby...

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Main Authors: Christine Martin, Lars Hering, Niklas Metzendorf, Sarah Hormann, Sonja Kasten, Sonja Fuhrmann, Achim Werckenthin, Friedrich W. Herberg, Monika Stengl, Georg Mayer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2020.00273/full