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Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of an analogue of the peptide hormone oxytocin that contains a mimetic of an inverse γ-turn
Yuan, ZhongQing,Blomberg, David,Sethson, Ingmar,Brickmann, Kay,Ekholm, Kjell,Johansson, Birgitta,Nilsson, Anders,Kihlberg, Jan
, p. 2512 - 2519 (2007/10/03)
Oxytocin is a neurohypophyseal peptide hormone that induces labor and lactation in mammals. An inverse γ-turn mimetic corresponding to the tripeptide Ile-Val-Asn has been synthesized and incorporated instead of residues 3-5 of oxytocin to probe the hypoth
