FMRFamide
"FMRFamide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A molluscan neuroactive peptide which induces a fast excitatory depolarizing response due to direct activation of amiloride-sensitive SODIUM CHANNELS. (From Nature 1995; 378(6558): 730-3)
| Descriptor ID |
D019835
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.400.235 D12.776.631.650.235
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| Concept/Terms |
FMRFamide- FMRFamide
- FMRF-NH2
- FMRF NH2
- FMRF-amide
- FMRF amide
- FMRF
- Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-amide
- Phe Met Arg Phe amide
- Phe-Met-Arg-Phe-NH2
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O'Gara BA, Brown PL, Dlugosch D, Kandiel A, Ku JW, Geier JK, Henggeler NC, Abbasi A, Kounalakis N. Regulation of pharyngeal motility by FMRFamide and related peptides in the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis. Invert Neurosci. 1999-2000; 4(1):41-53.