Neuropeptide delivery to the brain: a von Willebrand factor signal peptide to direct neuropeptide secretion

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Multiple neuropeptides, sometimes with opposing functions, can be produced from one precursor gene. To study the roles of the different neuropeptides encoded by one large precursor we developed a method to overexpress minigenes and e...

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Main Authors: de Backer Marijke WA, Brans Maike AD, Luijendijk Mieneke CM, Garner Keith M, van den Heuvel Dianne MA, Pasterkamp R Jeroen, Adan Roger AH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:BMC Neuroscience
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2202/11/94