Relaxin and the Fine Structure of Proteins
Relaxin, perhaps more than any other hormone, has a varied history of eliciting enthusiasm, rejection, skepticism, and long lapses of neglect. Long after its discovery, it was a hormone in search of a physiological role in humans. Today, relaxin is implicated in mammary growth, development and funct...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1998, 1998
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1998 |
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. A Very Brief History
- 3. The Relaxin Insulin-Like Motif in Protein Structures
- 4. Other Mammalian and Chondrichtian Relaxins
- 5. Isolation and Sequence Analysis of Porcine Relaxin
- 6. The Initial Approach to Receptor-Binding Site Studies
- 7. The N-Terminal Region of the Relaxin A Chain
- 8. The Total Synthesis of Human Relaxin
- 9. Analytic of the Prototype
- 10. The Receptor-Binding Site of Relaxin
- 11. Merely a G (Glycine)
- 12. The Development of Insulaxin, The First True “Zwitterhormon”
- 13. A Surprising Message from Murines
- 14. The Mouse, a Very Small Rat, a Very Big Mistake
- 15. Retro-D-Relaxin
- 16. The Relaxin-Like Factor
- 17. The Relaxin Receptor
- 18. Relaxin as a Drug
- 19. Relaxin and Genealogy
- Color Figures