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Abstract
Thermal polymers of arginine, glutamic acid, glycine, histidine, phenylalanine, and tryptophan have melanocyte-stimulating activity. The fact that similar polymers lack such activity indicates that the effect is related to the specific amino acid residues. The active polymers are discussed as a model of an evolutionary precursor of contemporary melanocyte-stimulating hormone.Entities:
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Year: 1968 PMID： 5644062 DOI： 10.1126/science.160.3827.547
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728