Endogenous peptide Tyr-Pro-Trp-Gly-NH2 (
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W. A. Banks; A. J. Kastin; C. A. Ehrensing
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Article
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1993
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Tyr-W-MIF-1 (Tyr-Pro-Trp-Gly-NH,) is a recently isolated peptide that belongs to a larger family that includes Tyr-MIF-1 (Tyr-Pro-Leu-Gly-NH,) and MIF-1 (Pro-Leu-Gly-NH,). Despite similarities in structure, Tyr-MIF-1 and MIF-1 can act differently in behavioral, blood-brain barrier (BBB) transport, a