Opioid activity profiles of oversimplified peptides lacking in the protonable N-terminus

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 10292-10296

  De Marco, Rossella ^a   Tolomelli, Alessandra ^a   Spampinato, Santi ^a   Bedini, Andrea ^a   Gentilucci, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3,4 DICHLORO N METHYL N [2 (1 PYRROLIDINYL)CYCLOHEXYL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; ENKEPHALIN[2,5 DEXTRO PENICILLAMINE]; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; OPIATE; OPIATE AGONIST;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; PHARMACOPHORE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84870033135     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: 15204804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm301213s     Document Type: Article

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