Discovery of prototype peptidomimetic agonists at the human melanocortin receptors MC1R and MC4R

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 2133-2139

  Haskell Luevano, Carrie ^b,c   Hendrata, Siska ^a   North, Cheryl ^a   Sawyer, Tomi K ^d   Hadley, Mac E ^e   Hruby, Victor J ^a   Dickinson, Chris ^f   Gantz, Ira ^f  

^a University of Arizona ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN DERIVATIVE; ALPHA INTERMEDIN[4 NORLEUCINE 7 DEXTRO PHENYLALANINE]; HORMONE RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; TETRAPEPTIDE; TRIPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN;

EID: 0030787858     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm960840h     Document Type: Article

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