Structure and Activity of Natural Peptides

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- I. Surveys Of Selected Topics -- Isolation, Structure Elucidation And Synthesis Of Gastrointestinal Hormones - Critical Aspects / Wünsch, Erich -- Amatoxins And Phallotoxins - Structure And Toxicity / Wieland, Theodor -- Insulin, A Challenge For Peptide Chemistry / Geiger, Rolf -- Research On Thymic Peptides And Immunocompetence / Folkers, K. / Rampold, G. / Sakura, N. / Leban, J. / Dahmen, J. / Lundanes, E. / Ohta, M. / Chang, D. / Wan, Y.-P. / Voelter, W. / Kalbacher, H. -- Properties Of The Membrane Modifying Polypeptide Antibiotics Alamethicin And Trichotoxin A-40 / Jung, Günther / Brückner, Hans / Schmitt, Heribert -- Neuropeptides: Subcellular Localization Of Acth And Related Peptides / Voigt, K. H. / Weber, E. / Martin, R. -- Molecular Weight And Structure Analysis Of Oligopeptide Hormones And Peptide Conjugates By Field Desorption Mass Spectrometry / Przybylski, Michael / Voelter, Wolfgang -- Crystal Structure Analyses Of Polypeptides / Stezowski, John J. -- II. Isolation Of New Peptides -- New Toxic Cyclopeptides From Amanita Virosa Mushrooms / Faulstich, Heinz / Buku, Angeliki / Bodenmüller, Heinz / Dabrowski, Januz / Wieland, Theodor -- Competitive Inhibition Of Benzodiazepine Binding By Fractions From Porcine Brain / Fuchs, S. / Carlsohn, C. / Seif, F. / Folkers, K. / Voelter, W. -- ß - Casomorphins Exorphins Derived From Casein Peptone / Henschen, A. / Lottspeich, F. / Brantl, V. / Teschemacher, H. -- Structure Of Sauvagine, A Vasoactive Peptide From The Skin Of A Frog / Carlo Montecucchi, Pier / Henschen, Agnes / Erspamer, Vittorio -- Herbicolins - New Peptide Antibiotics From Enterobacteria / Winkelmann, G. / Glück, C. / Lupp, R. / Jung, G. -- III. Methods of Purification, Isolation and Characterization of Peptides -- Simultaneous determination of the amino acid, amino sugar and neutral sugar content in glycoproteins / Bauer, H. / Voelter, Wolfgang / Tikhomirov, Mikhael M. -- Differential evolution of the α- and β-chains of bird hemoglobins. investigations on the greylag goose (anser anser) / Braunitzer, Gerhard / Oberthür, Walter -- Purification Of Fluorescein-Labeled Chymotrypsin By Isoelectric Focusing After Biospecific Adsorption To Soybean Trypsin Inhibitor / Büchtmann, Ingeborg / Kasche, Volker -- The Ability Of Thyroliberin To Coordinate Some Transition Metal Ions / Formicka-Kozlowska, G. / Koslowski, Henryk / Kupryszewski, Gotfryd -- Television Densitometry Microassay Of Proteins In The Nanogram Range On Cellulose Acetate Membranes / Giebel, Werner -- A Method For The Determination Of Corticotropin (Acth) In Rat Plasma And Rat Pituitaries / Klingler, Wolfgang / Döhler, Klaus Dieter / Wong, Chun Cheung -- Investigation Of Interactions Between Immobilized Lysine Residues And Oligodeoxyribonucleotides By A Column Chromatographic Procedure / Schott, Herbert / Eckstein, Heiner -- IV. Peptide Syntheses -- Totally Synthetic Thymosin-α1 , A Lymphocytes Stimulating Polypeptide Of The Thymus / Birr, Christian / Stollenwerk, Ulrich / Brodner, Ortfried / Manke, Hans Georg -- Vasopressin Analogs For Affinity Labeling - Synthesis And Activities On Bovine Kidney Plasma Membranes And Frog Skin / Fahrenholz, Falk / Thierauch, Karl-Heinz / Crause, Peter / Johnson, Anders -- Synthesis Of MCD-Peptide And Apamin By Liquid Phase Fragment Condensation / Hartter, Peter -- Synthetic Routes To Enkephalin / Horn, Hans / Voelter, Wolfgang / Vethaviyasar, Nadarajah -- 1-(1-Adamantyl)-1-Methylethoxycarbonyl (Adpoc): A New Useful Amino Protecting Group / Karbacher, Hubert / Voelter, Wolfgang -- Synthesis Of Thyroliberin Analogs With Modified Pyroglutamyl Residues / Schwertner, E. / Herrling, S. / Friderichs, E. / Kim, S. M. / Flohe, L. -- Planning Of Peptide Syntheses By The Aid Of Electronic Data-processing / Voelter, Wolfgang / Schmid-Siegmann, Erich -- Synthesis And Antigenic Properties Of A New Steroid Hapten: 7-α-Carboxyethylmercapto-5-Androstene-3ß, 17ß Diol-Bovine Serum Albumin / Zwirner, Manfred / Göser, Reinhold / Schindler, Adolf E. / Voelter, Wolfgang -- V. Miscellaneous and Biological Activity of Peptides -- Degradation Of TRF And Tiff Analogues By Brain And Serum Enzymes / Bauer, Karl / Kleinkauf, Horst / Flohé, Leopold -- Steric And Electronic Structure Of The Thïrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Farkas, Mariann / Voelter, Wolfgang -- Activity of Thyroliberin Analogs with a Modified Pyroglytamyl Residue on the Central Nervous System / Friderichs, Elmar / Schwertner, Eberhard / Herrling, Siegfried / Gunzler, Wolfgang-Amandus / Otting, Fritz / Flohe, Leopold -- Intermittent Pernasal Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Therapy in Male Patients with Delayed Puberty / Happ, Joachim / Deigentasch, Volker / Schmitz, Volker / Krause, Ulrich / Beyer, Jürgen / Ohe, Marianne von der -- Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Derivatives and 'Sequence Fragments of the MCD-Peptide from Bee Venom / Hartter, Peter / Martin, Wolfgang -- The Behavior of Urinary Hydroxyproline Concentration in Healthy Subjects and in Patients with Prostatic Ciarcinoma with and without Bone Metastases / Heller, Wolfgang / Harzmann, Rolf / Bichler, Karl-Horst / Schmidt, Karlheinz -- Physiological And Clinical Aspects Of Hypothalamic-Pituitaryovarian Maturation / Keller, Erich / Göser, Reinhold / Zubke, Wolfgang / Schindler, Adolf E. -- Natural Peptide Lactones As Ion Carriers In Membranes / Oberbäumer, Ilse / Feigl, Peter / Ruf, Horst / Grell, Ernst -- Different Effects Of Thymus Extracts On Human Fibroblasts And Cancer Cells In Culture / Paffenholz, Volker -- Studies With Melanostatin (Mif) And Bromoergocryptine In Patients With Amenorrhea And Hyperprolactinemia / Schindler, Adolf E. / Hofstätter, Cornelia / Keller, Erich / Göser, Reinhold / Harrant, Gemot -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Backmatter