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MeSH Supplementary: melanophore-dispersing hormone
Unique ID: C027714
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/C027714
Entry Term(s): DRPH; alpha-PDH; beta-PDH; crustacean pigment-dispersing hormone; distal retinal pigment hormone; melanin-dispersing hormone; pigment-dispersing hormone; red pigment-dispersing hormone
Registry Number: 9046-72-4
CAS Type 1 Name: Melanin-dispersing hormone
Previous Indexing: *HORMONES (81-86)
Heading Mapped to: *Peptides
Frequency: 67
Note: have been sequenced; crustacean neuro-octadecapeptide; found in melanophores; release may be triggered by norepinephrine; DRPH is referred to as alpha-PDH; beta-PDH has Asp in place of Glu at postion 17
Source: Gen Comp Endocrinol 1980;42(2):179
Indexing Information: Brachyura; Invertebrate Hormones; Melanophores
Date of Entry: 1981/01/19
Revision Date: 2002/01/11

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