Design of soymetide-4 derivatives to potentiate the anti-alopecia effect

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1139-1141

  Tsuruki, Takahiro ^a   Yoshikawa, Masaaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alopecia; N formyl methionyl leucyl phenylalanine (fMLP); Peptide; Phagocytosis; Soybean

Indexed keywords

BETA CONGLYCININ PROTEIN, GLYCINE MAX; BETA-CONGLYCININ PROTEIN, GLYCINE MAX; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; FORMYLPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; GLOBULIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; SOYMETIDE 4; SOYMETIDE 4, THR(3); SOYMETIDE-4; SOYMETIDE-4, THR(3)-;

ALOPECIA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; HUMAN; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RAT;

ALOPECIA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG DESIGN; GLOBULINS; HUMANS; N-FORMYLMETHIONINE LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE; NEUTROPHILS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RATS; RECEPTORS, FORMYL PEPTIDE; SOYBEAN PROTEINS;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 4544328699     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.1139     Document Type: Article

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