Preliminary Structure-Function Relationship Studies on Insulin-Like Peptide 5 (INSL5)

Alessia Belgi; Ross AD Bathgate; Geoffrey W Tregear; John D Wade; Mohammed Akhter Hossain

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Preliminary Structure-Function Relationship Studies on Insulin-Like Peptide 5 (INSL5)

Alessia Belgi, Ross AD Bathgate, Geoffrey W Tregear, John D Wade, Mohammed Akhter Hossain

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE RESEARCH AND THERAPEUTICS | SPRINGER | Published : 2013

DOI: 10.1007/s10989-013-9341-4

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Akhter Hossain Author Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Geoffrey Tregear Author Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Ross Bathgate Author Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

John Wade Author Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

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Funding Acknowledgements

We thank Sharon Layfield for undertaking the cell culture, Tania Ferraro for assisting with the binding assays and Feng Lin for the amino acid analysis. This work was funded in part by a National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Project grants #1023078 and #1023321 to JDW and MAH and by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program.