Characterization of melanocortin NDP-MSH agonist peptide fragments at the mouse central and peripheral melanocortin receptors

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2001, Pages 2247-2252

  Haskell Luevano, C ^a   Holder, J R ^a   Monck, E K ^a   Bauzo, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RECEPTOR; LIGAND; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MELANOCROTIN 5 RECEPTOR; NDP MELANOCORTIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; TETRAPEPTIDE; TRIPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0035927436     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm010061n     Document Type: Article

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