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β-Endorphin |
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| Authors: | DONALD YAMASHIRO R. GLENN HAMMONDS CHOH HAO LI |
| Abstract: | Ostrich β-endorphin has been synthesized by the solid-phase method. Opiate activity in a radioreceptor binding assay is about seven times that of human β-endorphin. Structural differences within positions 6–15 account for the increased binding potency. |
| Keywords: | human β -endorphin opiate receptor binding rat brain membrane solid-phase peptide synthesis |