orcokinin means any of a family of crustacean peptides that elicit potent myotropic effects in gut tissues. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.
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- Any of a family of crustacean peptides that elicit potent myotropic effects in gut tissues“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 transcrip”