Synthesis and biological activity of adipokinetic hormone analogues modified at the C-terminus

Peptides

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1285-1290

  Lee, Michael J ^a   Goldsworthy, Graham J ^a   Poulos, Constantine P ^b   Velentza, Anastasia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acetate uptake; Cyclic peptide; Ester; Lipid mobilization; Locust; Locusta migratoria; Structure activity relationships

Indexed keywords

ADIPOKINETIC HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACETIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; GRASSHOPPERS; INSECT HORMONES; LIPID METABOLISM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0030445192     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(96)00224-0     Document Type: Article

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