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Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides

About the book Table of contents Editor(s) About the book Key Features Presents all aspects of biologically active peptides in one resource Features more than 20 sections spanning plant, bacterial, fungal, venom, and invertebrate peptides to general peptides I

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Key Features

  • Presents all aspects of biologically active peptides in one resource
  • Features more than 20 sections spanning plant, bacterial, fungal, venom, and invertebrate peptides to general peptides
  • Includes immunological, inflammatory, cancer, vaccine, and neurotrophic peptides
  • Discusses peptide precursors, mRNA distribution, processing, and receptors, not just pathophysiological implications

Description

Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides, Second Edition, is the definitive, indispensable reference for peptide researchers, biochemists, cell and molecular biologists, neuroscientists, pharmacologists, and endocrinologists. Its chapters are designed to be a source for workers in the field and enable researchers working in a specific area to examine related areas outside their expertise.

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 second edition of Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides presents 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.

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Section I - Plant Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 1 - CLAVATA3

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  2. Select Chapter 2 - Defense Signal Peptides

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  3. Select Chapter 3 - DVL/RTFL

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  4. Select Chapter 4 - EPF

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  5. Select Chapter 5 - IDA/IDL

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  6. Select Chapter 6 - LUREs

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  7. Select Chapter 7 - Phytosulfokine

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  8. Select Chapter 8 - POLARIS

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  9. Select Chapter 9 - RALF Peptides

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  10. Select Chapter 10 - Root Meristem Growth Factor

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  11. Select Chapter 11 - ROTUNDIFOLIA4

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  12. Select Chapter 12 - SCR

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    Chapter 12 - SCR

    Sushma Naithani, Palitha Dharmawardhana and June B. Nasrallah

    Pages 58-66

  13. Select Chapter 13 - Stomagen/EPFL9

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  14. Select Chapter 14 - TDIF

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Section II - Bacterial/Antibiotic Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 15 - Cathelicidins

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  2. Select Chapter 16 - Class II Non-Lantibiotic Bacteriocins

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  3. Select Chapter 17 - Colicins

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  4. Select Chapter 18 - Defensins

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  5. Select Chapter 19 - Lantibiotics

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  6. Select Chapter 20 - Microcins

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  7. Select Chapter 21 - Nonribosomal Peptide Synthesis

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  8. Select Chapter 22 - Peptaibols

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Section III - Fungal Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 23 - Antifungal and Antibacterial Peptides of Fungal Origin

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  2. Select Chapter 24 - Fungal Peptides with Ribonuclease and Ribosome Inactivating Activities

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  3. Select Chapter 25 - Fungal Toxins

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  4. Select Chapter 26 - Plant Antifungal Peptides

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  5. Select Chapter 27 - Polysaccaride Krestin (PSK) and Polysaccharopeptide PSP

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Section IV - Invertebrate Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 28 - AKH/RPCH Peptides

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  2. Select Chapter 29 - Allatostatins

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  3. Select Chapter 30 - Allatotropin

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  4. Select Chapter 31 - B-Type Allatostatins and Sex Peptides

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  5. Select Chapter 32 - Crustacean Bioactive Peptides

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  6. Select Chapter 33 - Developmental Peptides

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  7. Select Chapter 34 - Diuretic/Antidiuretic

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  8. Select Chapter 35 - FMRFamide-Like Peptides (FLPs)

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  9. Select Chapter 36 - Free-Living Nematodes

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  10. Select Chapter 37 - FXPRLamide (Pyrokinin/PBAN) Family

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  11. Select Chapter 38 - Insulin-Like Peptides

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  12. Select Chapter 39 - Molluscan Bioactive Peptides

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  13. Select Chapter 40 - Parasitic Nematode Peptides

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  14. Select Chapter 41 - Pigment Dispersing Factor

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  15. Select Chapter 42 - Proctolin

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  16. Select Chapter 43 - Sulfakinins

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  17. Select Chapter 44 - Tachykinin Peptides

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Section V - Amphibian/Skin Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 45 - Bradykinin Peptides

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  2. Select Chapter 46 - Bombesin Peptides

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  3. Select Chapter 47 - Bombinins

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  4. Select Chapter 48 - Caeruleins

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  5. Select Chapter 49 - Chromogranins/Secretogranins

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  6. Select Chapter 50 - Dermaseptins

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  7. Select Chapter 51 - Insulin-Releasing Peptides

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  8. Select Chapter 52 - Neurohypophysial Peptides

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  9. Select Chapter 53 - Opioid and Bv8 Peptides

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  10. Select Chapter 54 - Sodefrin and Related Pheromones

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  11. Select Chapter 55 - Tachykinins

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  12. Select Chapter 56 - Temporins

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Section VI - Venom Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 57 - Animal Toxins

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  2. Select Chapter 58 - Hymenoptera Insect Peptides

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  3. Select Chapter 59 - Scorpion Peptides

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  4. Select Chapter 60 - Sea Anemone Peptides

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  5. Select Chapter 61 - Snail Peptides

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  6. Select Chapter 62 - Snake Peptides

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  7. Select Chapter 63 - Spider Peptides

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  8. Select Chapter 64 - Targets and Therapeutic Properties

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  9. Select Chapter 65 - Worm Peptides

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Section VII - Cancer/Anticancer Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 66 - Adrenomedullin

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  2. Select Chapter 67 - Angiotensin II/Angiotensin-(1–7)

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  3. Select Chapter 68 - Apelin

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  4. Select Chapter 69 - Bombesin Peptides

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  5. Select Chapter 70 - Endothelin-1

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  6. Select Chapter 71 - Gastrin

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  7. Select Chapter 72 - Leptin/Adiponectin

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  8. Select Chapter 73 - LHRH Analogs

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  9. Select Chapter 74 - Orexins (Hypocretins)

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  10. Select Chapter 75 - Somatostatin/NPY

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  11. Select Chapter 76 - VIP/PACAP Receptors

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Section VIII - Vaccine Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 77 - Antiadhesin Peptide-Based Vaccines for Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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  2. Select Chapter 78 - Lipo-Peptides/Saccharides for Peptide Vaccine Delivery

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  3. Select Chapter 79 - Novel Tumor Derived Peptides in Vaccines

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  4. Select Chapter 80 - Peptide Vaccine for Alzheimer’s Disease

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  5. Select Chapter 81 - Peptide Vaccines for Myeloid Leukemias

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  6. Select Chapter 82 - Peptide Vaccines for Otitis Media

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  7. Select Chapter 83 - Therapeutic Peptides Targeting HER-2/neu and VEGF Signaling Pathways in Breast Cancer

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  8. Select Chapter 84 - Use of Positional Scanning Libraries to Identify Immunologically Relevant Peptides

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Section IX - Immune/Inflammatory Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 85 - Anaphylatoxins

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  2. Select Chapter 86 - Annexin-A1 Peptide Ac2–26

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  3. Select Chapter 87 - Immunoregulatory Neuropeptides

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  4. Select Chapter 88 - Chemerin

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  5. Select Chapter 89 - Chemokines

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  6. Select Chapter 90 - DP IV/CD26 Effector Peptides

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  7. Select Chapter 91 - FPR Ligands

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  8. Select Chapter 92 - Neuroimmune Peptides

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  9. Select Chapter 93 - Peptide Loading of MHC

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  10. Select Chapter 94 - Peptide Recognition by T Cells

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  11. Select Chapter 95 - RGD Peptides

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Section X - Brain Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 96 - Apelin

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  2. Select Chapter 97 - BNP/CNP

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  3. Select Chapter 98 - CART

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  4. Select Chapter 99 - CCK

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  5. Select Chapter 100 - CGRP/Adrenomedullin

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  6. Select Chapter 101 - CRH Family

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  7. Select Chapter 102 - Endozepines

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  8. Select Chapter 103 - Galanin and GALP

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  9. Select Chapter 104 - Ghrelin

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  10. Select Chapter 105 - GHRH

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    Chapter 105 - GHRH

    Maria M. Malagon, Rafael Vazquez-Martinez, ... Justo P. Castaño

    Pages 784-791

  11. Select Chapter 106 - GnRH (LHRH)

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  12. Select Chapter 107 - Gonadotropin-Inhibitory Hormone

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  13. Select Chapter 108 - Hypocretins (Orexins)

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  14. Select Chapter 109 - Kisspeptins

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  15. Select Chapter 110 - MCH

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  16. Select Chapter 111 - Melanocortins

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  17. Select Chapter 112 - MIF-1/Tyr-MIF-1

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  18. Select Chapter 113 - Nesfatin-1

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  19. Select Chapter 114 - Neuromedin U

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  20. Select Chapter 115 - Neuropeptide B/W

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  21. Select Chapter 116 - Neuropeptide S

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  22. Select Chapter 117 - Neurotensin/Neuromedin N

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  23. Select Chapter 118 - NPY

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  24. Select Chapter 119 - PACAP

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  25. Select Chapter 120 - Prolactin-Releasing Peptide

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  26. Select Chapter 121 - Relaxins

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  27. Select Chapter 122 - 26RFa

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  28. Select Chapter 123 - Secretin

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  29. Select Chapter 124 - Somatostatin/Cortistatin

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  30. Select Chapter 125 - Tachykinins

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  31. Select Chapter 126 - TRH

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  32. Select Chapter 127 - Urotensin II Peptides

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  33. Select Chapter 128 - VIP

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    Chapter 128 - VIP

    Sandrine Passemard, Catalina Abad Rabat, ... Vincent Lelièvre

    Pages 966-974

  34. Select Chapter 129 - VP/OT

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Section XI - Endocrine Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 130 - Adiponectin

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  2. Select Chapter 131 - Adrenomedullin Peptides

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  3. Select Chapter 132 - Ghrelin

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  4. Select Chapter 133 - Leptin

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    Chapter 133 - Leptin

    Krzysztof W. Nowak, Przemyslaw Kaczmarek, ... Mathias Z. Strowski

    Pages 1005-1010

  5. Select Chapter 134 - ANP

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  6. Select Chapter 135 - Neuromedins U/S

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  7. Select Chapter 136 - Neuropeptide B/W

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  8. Select Chapter 137 - Orexins

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  9. Select Chapter 138 - PACAP

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Section XII - Ingestive Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 139 - Adiponectin/Resistin

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  2. Select Chapter 140 - Amylin/CGRP

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  3. Select Chapter 141 - Apolipoprotein (apo) A-IV/apoE

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  4. Select Chapter 142 - Bombesin

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  5. Select Chapter 143 - CART

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  6. Select Chapter 144 - CCK

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  7. Select Chapter 145 - CRH

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  8. Select Chapter 146 - Enterostatin

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  9. Select Chapter 147 - Galanin

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  10. Select Chapter 148 - Ghrelin

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  11. Select Chapter 149 - GLP-1

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  12. Select Chapter 150 - Glucagon

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  13. Select Chapter 151 - Insulin

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  14. Select Chapter 152 - Leptin

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  15. Select Chapter 153 - Melanocortins

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  16. Select Chapter 154 - NPY

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  17. Select Chapter 155 - Opioids

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  18. Select Chapter 156 - Orexin

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  19. Select Chapter 157 - PYY

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Section XIII - Gastrointestinal Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 158 - Adrenomedullin

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  2. Select Chapter 159 - Angiogenic Growth Factors

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  3. Select Chapter 160 - Apelin

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  4. Select Chapter 161 - Bombesin-Related Peptides

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  5. Select Chapter 162 - CCK

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    Chapter 162 - CCK

    Travis E. Solomon, Ayman I. Sayegh and Joseph R. Reeve

    Pages 1197-1203

  6. Select Chapter 163 - CGRP

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  7. Select Chapter 164 - Galanin

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  8. Select Chapter 165 - Gastrin

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  9. Select Chapter 166 - GIP

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  10. Select Chapter 167 - Ghrelin

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  11. Select Chapter 168 - GLP 1/2, Enteroglucagon, Glicentin, and Oxyntomodulin

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  12. Select Chapter 169 - Leptin

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  13. Select Chapter 170 - Motilin

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  14. Select Chapter 171 - Neurotensin

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  15. Select Chapter 172 - Nesfatin-1

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  16. Select Chapter 173 - Obestatin

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  17. Select Chapter 174 - Opioids

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  18. Select Chapter 175 - PACAP

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  19. Select Chapter 176 - Pancreatic Polypeptide

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  20. Select Chapter 177 - Paneth Cell α-Defensins

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  21. Select Chapter 178 - PYY

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  22. Select Chapter 179 - Secretin

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  23. Select Chapter 180 - Somatostatin

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  24. Select Chapter 181 - Tachykinins

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  25. Select Chapter 182 - TFF Peptides

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  26. Select Chapter 183 - Urocortins

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  27. Select Chapter 184 - VIP

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Section XIV - Cardiovascular Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 185 - Adrenomedullin Peptides

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  2. Select Chapter 186 - Angiotensin II Peptides

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  3. Select Chapter 187 - Apelin

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  4. Select Chapter 188 - Bradykinin Peptides

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  5. Select Chapter 189 - CGRP

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  6. Select Chapter 190 - Endothelins

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  7. Select Chapter 191 - Ghrelin

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  8. Select Chapter 192 - Natriuretic Peptides

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  9. Select Chapter 193 - Salusins

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  10. Select Chapter 194 - Urocortins

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  11. Select Chapter 195 - Urotensin Peptides

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  12. Select Chapter 196 - VIP

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  13. Select Chapter 197 - VP/OT

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Section XV - Renal Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 198 - Adrenomedullin 2/Intermedin

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  2. Select Chapter 199 - ANP

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  3. Select Chapter 200 - Endothelin

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  4. Select Chapter 201 - Neurohypophyseal Peptides

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  5. Select Chapter 202 - Peptides, Sex, Diabetes, and the Kidney

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  6. Select Chapter 203 - Prolactin

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  7. Select Chapter 204 - Renin–Angiotensin System

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Section XVI - Respiratory Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 205 - Adrenomedullin

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  2. Select Chapter 206 - Endothelin-1

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  3. Select Chapter 207 - Kinin Receptors

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  4. Select Chapter 208 - PACAP

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  5. Select Chapter 209 - VIP

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Section XVII - Opiate Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 210 - Antiopioid Peptides

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  2. Select Chapter 211 - Casomorphins/Hemorphins

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  3. Select Chapter 212 - Endomorphins

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  4. Select Chapter 213 - Evolution of the Opioid System

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  5. Select Chapter 214 - Exorphins

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  6. Select Chapter 215 - Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ

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  7. Select Chapter 216 - Opioid-Substance P Chimeric Peptides

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  8. Select Chapter 217 - POMC-Derived Opioid Peptides

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  9. Select Chapter 218 - Prodynorphin-Derived Peptides

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  10. Select Chapter 219 - Proenkephalin-Derived Peptides

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Section XVIII - Neurotrophic Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 220 - Activity-Dependent Neuroprotective Protein (ADNP) and Davunetide (NAP)

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  2. Select Chapter 221 - Erythropoietin

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  3. Select Chapter 222 - Insulin-like Growth Factor-1

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  4. Select Chapter 223 - Neuregulins

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  5. Select Chapter 224 - Neurotrophins

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  6. Select Chapter 225 - TGF-β

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Section XIX - Blood–Brain Peptides

  1. Select Chapter 226 - Augurin and Ecrg4-derived Neuropeptides

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  2. Select Chapter 227 - Diseases Mediated by the BBB

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  3. Select Chapter 228 - Hypothalamic Neuropeptides

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  4. Select Chapter 229 - Ingestive Peptides

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  5. Select Chapter 230 - Neurotrophic Peptides

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  6. Select Chapter 231 - Oligopeptide and Peptide-Like Drug Transport

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  7. Select Chapter 232 - Opioid Peptides

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  8. Select Chapter 233 - Peptide Delivery

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Section XX - Peptide Biosynthesis/Processing

  1. Select Chapter 234 - Acetylation

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  2. Select Chapter 235 - Carboxypeptidases E and D

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  3. Select Chapter 236 - Disulfide Bond Formation

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  4. Select Chapter 237 - Ghrelin O-Acyltransferase (GOAT)

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  5. Select Chapter 238 - Glutaminyl Cyclases

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  6. Select Chapter 239 - In Silico Search for Biologically Active Peptides

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  7. Select Chapter 240 - New Mass Spectrometric Approaches for Uncovering Neuropeptides

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  8. Select Chapter 241 - Peptide Degradation (Neprilysin and Other Regulatory Peptidases)

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  9. Select Chapter 242 - Peptidomics of Mice Lacking Peptide Processing Enzymes

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  10. Select Chapter 243 - Peptidomics Strategy for Discovering Endogenous Biologically Active Peptides

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  11. Select Chapter 244 - Peptidylglycine Amidating Monoxygenase (PAM)

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  12. Select Chapter 245 - Prohormone Convertase 1/3

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  13. Select Chapter 246 - Prohormone Convertase 2

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  14. Select Chapter 247 - Proprotein Convertase Furin and Proprotein Convertase PC5/6

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  15. Select Chapter 248 - Proprotein Convertases PC4, PACE4, and PC7

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  16. Select Chapter 249 - Proprotein Convertases SKI-1/S1P and PCSK9

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  17. Select Chapter 250 - Tyrosylprotein sulfotransferases

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Section XXI - General Peptide Topics

  1. Select Chapter 251 - Classical Neurotransmitters and Neuropeptides

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  2. Select Chapter 252 - Evolution in Action

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  3. Select Chapter 253 - Peptide Chronomics

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  4. Select Chapter 254 - Peptides and Behavior

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  5. Select Chapter 255 - Peptides and Sleep

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  6. Select Chapter 256 - Peptides and Stress

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  7. Select Chapter 257 - Peptides and Temperature

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  8. Select Chapter 258 - Pheromone Peptides

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  9. Select Chapter 259 - Prebiotic Peptides

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  10. Select Chapter 260 - Viral Fusion Peptides

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Abba J. Kastin

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