α-melanotropin: The minimal active sequence in the lizard skin bioassay

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 157-163

  Castrucci, A M L ^a   Hadley, M E ^b   Sawyer, T K ^d   Wilkes, B C ^b   Al Obeidi, F ^b   Staples, D J ^d   de Vaux, A E ^b   Dym, O ^b   Hintz, M F ^c   Riehm, J P ^c   Rao, K R ^c   Hruby, V J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; BIOASSAY; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; SKIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALPHA-MSH; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITES; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SKIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024562277     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-6480(89)90066-X     Document Type: Article

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