Identification of novel hexapeptide agonists at the Xenopus laevis melanophore melanocortin receptor

Peptides

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2124-2128

  Iuga, Aurel O ^a   Reddy, Vemuri B ^a   Lerner, Ethan A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

G protein coupled receptor; Melanocortin; Melanophore; MSH; Peptide; Screening

Indexed keywords

HEXAPEPTIDE; HORMONE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG INHIBITION; MELANOPHORE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MELANOPHORES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 27744600893     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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