"Enkephalin, Leucine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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One of the endogenous pentapeptides with morphine-like activity. It differs from MET-ENKEPHALIN in the LEUCINE at position 5. Its first four amino acid sequence is identical to the tetrapeptide sequence at the N-terminal of BETA-ENDORPHIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D004743
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.400.575.281.231 D12.776.631.650.575.281.231
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| Concept/Terms |
Enkephalin, Leucine- Enkephalin, Leucine
- Leucine Enkephalin
- 5-Leucine Enkephalin
- 5 Leucine Enkephalin
- Enkephalin, 5-Leucine
- Leu(5)-Enkephalin
- Leu-Enkephalin
- Leu Enkephalin
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Enkephalin, Leucine" by people in Profiles.
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Torres-Rever?n A, Palermo K, Hern?ndez-L?pez A, Hern?ndez S, Cruz ML, Thompson KJ, Flores I, Appleyard CB. Endometriosis Is Associated With a Shift in MU Opioid and NMDA Receptor Expression in the Brain Periaqueductal Gray. Reprod Sci. 2016 09; 23(9):1158-67.
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Torres-Reveron A, Khalid S, Williams TJ, Waters EM, Drake CT, McEwen BS, Milner TA. Ovarian steroids modulate leu-enkephalin levels and target leu-enkephalinergic profiles in the female hippocampal mossy fiber pathway. Brain Res. 2008 Sep 26; 1232:70-84.
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Graves RA, Freeman T, Pamajula S, Praetorius N, Moiseyev R, Mandal TK. Effect of co-solvents on the characteristics of enkephalin microcapsules. J Biomater Sci Polym Ed. 2006; 17(6):709-20.
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Yoburn BC, Sierra V, Lutfy K. Chronic opioid antagonist treatment: assessment of receptor upregulation. Eur J Pharmacol. 1989 Nov 07; 170(3):193-200.