Handbook of biologically active peptides / edited by Abba J. Kastin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kastin, Abba J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peptides--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Peptides.

Peptide hormones.

Hormones--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Hormones.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1682 p.)

Other Title:

Biologically active peptides

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Peptides play a crucial role in many physiological processes including actions as neurotransmitters, hormones, and antibiotics. Research has shown their importance in such fields as neuroscience, immunology, pharmacology, and cell biology. The Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides presents, for the first time, this tremendous body of knowledge in the field of biologically active peptides in one single reference. The section editors and contributors represent some of the most sophisticated and distinguished scientists working in basic sciences and clinical medicine. The Han

Contents:

Front cover; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Contributors; Preface; Foreword; I: Plant Peptides Section; 1: 4-kDa Peptide; ABSTRACT; DISCOVERY; STRUCTURE OF THE PRECURSOR mRNA/GENE; DISTRIBUTION OF THE mRNA; PROCESSING; RECEPTORS; ACTIVE AND/OR SOLUTION CONFORMATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS; References; 2: AtPep1 Peptides; ABSTRACT; DISCOVERY; STRUCTURE OF AtPep1 AND THE GENE ENCODING THE PRECURSOR PROTEIN ProAtPep1; DISTRIBUTION OF ProAtPep1 mRNA; PROCESSING OF ProAtPep1; AtPep1 RECEPTOR; SOLUTION CONFORMATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS OF AtPep1; Acknowledgments; References

3: CLAVATA3: A Putative Peptide Ligand Controlling Arabidopsis Stem Cell SpecificationABSTRACT; DISCOVERY; STRUCTURE OF THE PRECURSOR mRNA/GENE; RECEPTORS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS; References; 4: DVL Peptides Are Involved in Plant Development; ABSTRACT; DISCOVERY; STRUCTURE OF THE PRECURSOR mRNA/GENE; DISTRIBUTION OF THE DVL1 mRNA; PROCESSING; RECEPTORS; BIOLOGICAL ACTION; References; 5: The POLARIS Peptide; ABSTRACT; DISCOVERY; STRUCTURE OF THE PRECURSOR mRNA/GENE; DISTRIBUTION OF THE mRNA; PROCESSING; BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS; References; 6: Phytosulfokine; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION

DISCOVERY AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIONSSTRUCTURE OF THE PRECURSOR mRNA/GENE; TYROSINE SULFATION; RECEPTORS; CONCLUSION; Acknowledgments; References; 7: RALF Peptides; ABSTRACT; DISCOVERY; STRUCTURE OF THE RALF PEPTIDE AND ITS PRECURSOR cDNA AND GENE; DISTRIBUTION OF THE mRNA; PROCESSING; RECEPTOR; SOLUTION CONFORMATION OF RALF; BIOLOGICAL ACTION OF RALF; Acknowledgment; References; 8: ROTUNDIFOLIA4: A Plant-Specific Small Peptide; ABSTRACT; DISCOVERY; STRUCTURE OF THE PRECURSOR mRNA/GENE; DISTRIBUTION OF THE mRNA; PROCESSING; RECEPTORS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS; References

9: The S-Locus Cysteine-Rich Peptide SCR/SP11ABSTRACT; DISCOVERY OF SCR; STRUCTURE OF THE PRECURSOR mRNA/GENE; DISTRIBUTION OF THE mRNA; PROCESSING OF THE SCR PROTEIN; THE SCR RECEPTOR; STRUCTURE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS; References; 10: Systemins; ABSTRACT; DISCOVERY OF SYSTEMINS; STRUCTURES OF SYSTEMINS AND OF THEIR PRECURSOR cDNAs; DISTRIBUTION OF SYSTEMIN SUBFAMILY mRNAs; PROCESSING OF THE SYSTEMIN FAMILY PRECURSOR PROTEINS; THE LeSys RECEPTOR; SOLUTION CONFORMATIONS OF SYSTEMIN SUBFAMILY MEMBERS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS OF SYSTEMIN FAMILY MEMBERS; Acknowledgments; References

II: Bacterial/Antibiotic Peptides Section11: Cationic Antimicrobial Peptides-The Defensins; ABSTRACT; DISCOVERY; STRUCTURE OF THE PRECURSOR mRNA/GENE; DISTRIBUTION AND EXPRESSION OF THE mRNA; PROCESSING; RECEPTORS; ACTIVE CONFORMATION; BIOLOGICAL ACTIONS; Acknowledgments; References; 12: Cathelicidins: Cationic Host Defense and Antimicrobial Peptides; ABSTRACT; DISCOVERY; STRUCTURE OF THE PRECURSOR mRNA/STRUCTURAL GENE; DISTRIBUTION OF CATHELICIDINS; PROCESSING; RECEPTORS; ACTIVE AND/OR SOLUTION CONFORMATION; BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; Acknowledgments; References; 13: Microcins; ABSTRACT

DISCOVERY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-63589-4

9786610635894

0-08-046379-7

OCLC:

476018206