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Sequence of a cDNA encoding chicken vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)
D R McFarlin1, D A Lehn, S M Moran
1Department of Anatomy, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison 53706, USA.
Gene
|March 10, 1995
Abstract:
Mammalian pre-pro-vasoactive intestinal peptide (pre-proVIP) gives rise to the neuropeptides vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and peptide histidine isoleucine amide (PHI). The cDNA encoding chicken VIP was cloned and sequenced. The region of chicken pre-proVIP homologous to the mammalian PHI region is not followed by an amidation signal. This unusual feature suggests that processing of the precursor may be different in the chicken.