title: Purification and primary structure of alligator neurotensin.
abstract: The gastrointestinal neurohormones of reptiles have been poorly characterized structurally. Neurotensin has been purified to apparent homogeneity from an extract of the small intestine of the alligator, Alligator mississipiensis. The primary structure of the peptide (pGlu-Leu-His-Val-Asn-Lys-Ala-Arg-Arg-Pro-Tyr-Ile-Leu) is identical to that of chicken neurotensin. The data provide further evidence for a close phylogenetic relationship between crocodilians and birds.
authors.affiliation: U.D.I Biologia Celular, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Bello
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kah
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tramu
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Conlon
mesh_terms: D000489:Alligators and Crocodiles / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D007422:Intestines / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009496:Neurotensin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D009496:Neurotensin