Urotensin I was found to be a close structural and biological homolog of the ovine hypothalamic corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and the frog skin peptide sauvagine. Lederis K., et al., Science, 218, 162 (1982); Lederis K., et al., Can. J. Biochem. Cell Biol., 61, 602 (1983); MacCannell K.L. and Lederis K., Fed. Proc., 42, 91 (1983).
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