Hormone-like conopeptides – new tools for pharmaceutical design
Ashlin Turner, Quentin Kaas, David J. Craik
Abstract
venom peptides and then focus on new research relating to hormone-like conopeptides and their potential applications. Finally, we briefly examine methods of chemically stabilizing conopeptides to improve their pharmacological properties. A summary is presented of conopeptides in clinical trials and a call for future work on hormone-like conopeptides.
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