1. Pituitary peptides. Naturally occurring analogues of porcine corticotropin
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William Baxt, Michael Sribney, Saul Lande, and Roger K. McDonald
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Electrophoresis ,Paper ,Swine ,Phenylalanine ,Methylcellulose ,Biology ,Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) ,Serine ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Adrenocorticotropic Hormone ,In vivo ,Valine ,Aspartic acid ,Animals ,Amino Acids ,Threonine ,Autoanalysis ,Methionine ,Chromatography, Ion Exchange ,Biochemistry ,chemistry ,Pituitary Gland ,Glycine ,Biological Assay ,Steroids ,Peptides ,hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists - Abstract
Three new peptides with high steroidogenic activity in vivo have been isolated from porcine pituitary extracts. Similar in molecular weight to porcine ACTH, they differ from the usual amino acid composition in molar ratios of aspartic acid, threonine, serine, glycine, valine, methionine and phenylalanine.
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- 1968
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