Structure-activity studies of reduced-size gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists derived from the sequence of an endothelin antagonist

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 2824-2830

  Yahalom, Dror ^a   Rahimipour, Shai ^a   Koch, Yitzhak ^a   Ben Aroya, Nurit ^a   Fridkin, Mati ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HEXAPEPTIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENDOTHELINS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; RECEPTORS, LHRH; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0034721144     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm990432o     Document Type: Article

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