Some Biological and Chemical Properties of a Lysine- Vasopressin Dimer.
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چکیده
In the course of fractionation of neurohypophysial extracts in search for corticotropin-releasing factor (1) we sometimes observed materials with low pressor activity, consistent corticotropin-releasing activity, and with the same molar ratios of amino acids as lysine-vasopressin. In view of the report by Ressler on a possible dimerkation of oxytocin (2), it was decided to investigate these materials with the hypothesis that their peculiar biological properties may be due to polymerization of vasopressin.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of biological chemistry
دوره 239 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1964