Relaxin-like bioactivity of ovine insulin 3 (INSL3) analogues

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 6287-6293

  Claasz, Antonia A ^a   Bond, Courtney P ^b   Bathgate, Ross A ^a   Otvos Jr , Laszlo ^c   Dawson, Nicola F ^a   Summers, Roger J ^b   Tregear, Geoffrey W ^a   Wade, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cAMP; Ligand binding; Receptor; Solid phase peptide synthesis; THP 1 cells

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; INSL3; INSULIN DERIVATIVE; LIGAND; RELAXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RABBIT; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARGININE; CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYCLIC AMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; INSULIN; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RELAXIN; SHEEP; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS;

EID: 15044347956     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03348.x     Document Type: Article

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