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Structure-function analysis of the cloned opiate receptors: peptide and small molecule interactions
1Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Chemistry & Biology
|December 1, 1996
Abstract:
Opiate receptors mediate the physiological actions of opioid peptides and the clinical effects of the synthetic opioid agonists and antagonists. Site-directed mutagenesis studies have revealed regions of opiate receptors that are essential for ligand recognition, and this could aid the design of more selective opioid ligands.