Orcokinin

Quick meaning: Orcokinin is a noun meaning Any of a family of crustacean peptides that elicit potent myotropic effects in gut tissues.

Meaning

Any of a family of crustacean peptides that elicit potent myotropic effects in gut tissues.

Example Sentences

These transcripts included ones for ACP, AST-A, AST-C, bursicon α, bursicon β, CCHamide, corazonin, CCAP, CHH, DH31, diuretic hormone 44 (DH44), EH, FLRFamide, GSEFLamide, ILP, intocin, leucokinin, myosuppressin, neuroparsin, NPF, orcokinin, pigment dispersing hormone (PDH), proctolin, pyrokinin, SIFamide, sulfakinin and TRP. For most peptide families, a single pre/preprohormone-encoding transcript was identified (Table 1 and S1 Fig ).

Word Forms

• orcokinins

Related Words

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