Molecular Endocrinology of the Oxytocin Receptor.
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The design and development of selective ligands for the human OT (oxytocin) and AVP (arginine vasopressin) receptors is a big challenge since the different receptor subtypes and their native peptide ligands display great similarity. Detailed understanding of the mechanism of OT's interaction with its receptor is important and may assist in the ligand- or structure-based design of selective and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrine Journal
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0918-8959,1348-4540
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.42.607