Synthesis and biological activities of some pseudo-peptide analogues of tetragastrin: The importance of the peptide backbone

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jm00150a020

Pseudo-peptide analogues of the C-terminal tetrapeptide of gastrin, in which a peptide bond has been replaced by a CH₂-NH bond, i.e. (tert-butyloxycarbonyl)-L-tryptophyl-Ψ(CH₂-NH)-L-leucyl-L-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine amide (8), (tert-