Structure-activity relationships of conformationally constrained peptide analogues of loop 2 of brain-derived neurotrophic factor

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1712-1721

  O'Leary, P D ^a   Hughes, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Molecular modeling; Neuronal survival; Neurotrophin; Peptide synthesis; Pharmacodynamic simulation; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; HORMONE ACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0031929229     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.70041712.x     Document Type: Article

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