Isolation, characterization, and distribution of a novel neuropeptide, <i>Rana</i> RFamide (R‐RFa), in the brain of the European green frog <i>Rana esculenta</i>

Chartrel, Nicolas; Dujardin, Cynthia; Leprince, Jérôme; Desrues, Laurence; Tonon, Marie‐Christine; Cellier, Eric; Cosette, Pascal; Jouenne, Thierry; Simonnet, Guy; Vaudry, Hubert

doi:10.1002/cne.10253

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Isolation, characterization, and distribution of a novel neuropeptide, Rana RFamide (R‐RFa), in the brain of the European green frog Rana esculenta

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Authors:

Nicolas Chartrel

Cynthia Dujardin

Jérôme Leprince

Abstract

Abstract A novel neuropeptide of the RFamide peptide family was isolated in pure form from a frog ( Rana esculenta ) brain extract by using reversed‐phase high performance liquid chromatography in combination with a radioimmunoassay for mammalian neuropeptide FF (NPFF). The primary structure of the ...

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