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. 1994 Aug;8(4):433-40.
doi: 10.1007/BF00125377.

Rational design of novel neurotensin mimetics: discovery of a pharmacologically unprecedented agent exhibiting concentration-dependent dual effects as antagonist and full agonist

Y P Pang  1 , J Zaidi, A P Kozikowski, B Cusack, E Richelson
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Rational design of novel neurotensin mimetics: discovery of a pharmacologically unprecedented agent exhibiting concentration-dependent dual effects as antagonist and full agonist

Y P Pang et al. J Comput Aided Mol Des. 1994 Aug.

Abstract

We report the rational design of novel neurotensin mimetics through use of the Multiple Template Approach. This approach is based on our notion that a flexible peptide can be replaced by a partially flexible molecule, identified through testing a comparatively small number of molecules possessing a different intrinsic availability of conformations of the native peptide. The Multiple Template Approach has culminated in the discovery of a pharmacologically unprecedented agent, which behaves as a neurotensin antagonist at low concentration and as a full neurotensin agonist at high concentration.

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