Pyrrolidines as potent functional agonists of the human melanocortin-4 receptor

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 5165-5170

  Tran, Joe A ^a   Chen, Caroline W ^a   Jiang, Wanlong ^a   Tucci, Fabio C ^a   Fleck, Beth A ^a   Marinkovic, Dragan ^a   Arellano, Melissa ^a   Chen, Chen ^a  

^a NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Agonist; Melanocortin 4 receptor; Pyrrolidine; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN;

CELL LINE; HUMANS; PYRROLIDINES; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4;

EID: 34547881486     PISSN: 0960894X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.06.088     Document Type: Article

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