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

Chartrel, Nicolas; Dujardin, Cynthia; Leprince, Jérôme; Desrues, Laurence; Tonon, Marie‐Christine; Cellier, Éric; 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

Published in The Journal of Comparative Neurology • May 8, 2002

Authors:

Nicolas Chartrel

Cynthia Dujardin

Jérôme Leprince

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 peptide was...

Subject

Median eminence

Biology

Suprachiasmatic nucleus

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