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Neurophysins

Known as: Neurophysin, Neurophysins [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Carrier proteins for OXYTOCIN and VASOPRESSIN. They are polypeptides of about 10-kDa, synthesized in the HYPOTHALAMUS. Neurophysin I is associated… 
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Broader (2)

GlycoproteinsHypothalamic Hormones
In BloodPosterior Pituitary HormonesProcess of secretionagonists

Narrower (2)

Neurophysin INeurophysin II

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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Crystal structure of a bovine neurophysin II dipeptide complex at 2.8 A determined from the single-wavelength anomalous scattering signal of an incorporated iodine atom.
The crystal structure of a dipeptide complex of bovine neurophysin II has been solved at 2.8 A resolution solely by using single… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Oxytocinergic innervation of the rat spinal cord. An electron microscopic study
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Localization of vasopressin binding sites in rat brain by in vitro autoradiography using a radioiodinated V1 receptor antagonist
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Pituitary hormone response to cigarette smoking
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Purification and characterization of a paired basic residue-specific prohormone-converting enzyme from bovine pituitary neural lobe secretory vesicles.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Biosynthesis of oxytocin in the corpus luteum
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Blood pressure and heart rate responses to microinjection of vasopressin into the nucleus tractus solitarius region of the rat
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Neurophysin biosynthesis: conversion of a putative precursor during axonal transport
[35S]Cysteine injected adjacent to the supraoptic nucleus of the rat is rapidly incorporated into a 20,000-dalton protein that… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
The isolation of three neurophysins from porcine posterior pituitary lobes.
1. Three neurophysins, proteins that bind the polypeptide hormones oxytocin and vasopressin, have been isolated from acetone… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Release of vasopressin and oxytocin from isolated pituitary glands of adult and new‐born rats
1. Pituitary glands of adult rats of both sexes, of lactating female and of new‐born rats, incubated in a Locke solution, release… 
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