New potent biphalin analogues containing p-fluoro-L-phenylalanine at the 4,4′ positions and non-hydrazine linkers

Amino Acids

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1503-1511

  Mollica, Adriano ^a   Pinnen, Francesco ^a   Feliciani, Federica ^a   Stefanucci, Azzurra ^a   Lucente, Gino ^b   Davis, Peg ^c   Porreca, Frank ^c   Ma, Shou Wu ^c   Lai, Josephine ^c   Hruby, Victor J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Biphalin; Dimeric peptide ligands; Opioid peptides; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042805094     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0760-7     Document Type: Article

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