Novel agouti-related-protein-based melanocortin-1 receptor antagonist

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 24, 2001, Pages 4114-4124

  Thirumoorthy, R ^b   Holder, J R ^b   Bauzo, R M ^b   Richards, N G J ^b   Edison, A S ^a,b   Haskell Luevano, C ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicinal Chemistry ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 5 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EMBRYO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LACTAMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 3; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; SKIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0035935712     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm010215z     Document Type: Article

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