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A P C Bluhm; Ana Castrucci; N N Obeid; Maria Visconti
The expression of melanopsin and clock genes in Xenopus laevis melanophores and their modulation by melatonin.
G J D Lopes; C C Góis; L H R G Lima; Ana Castrucci
Modulation of rhodopsin gene expression and signaling mechanisms evoked by endothelins in goldfish and murine pigment cell lines.
Mauro Cesar Isoldi; Ignacio Provencio; Ana Castrucci
Light modulates the melanophore response to alpha-MSH in Xenopus laevis: an analysis of the signal transduction crosstalk mechanisms involved.

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2012: A P C Bluhm; Ana Castrucci; N N Obeid; Maria Visconti
The expression of melanopsin and clock genes in Xenopus laevis melanophores and their modulation by melatonin.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas médicas e biológicas / Sociedade Brasileira de Biofísica ... [et al.] 2012;45(8):730-6.
2010: G J D Lopes; C C Góis; L H R G Lima; Ana Castrucci
Modulation of rhodopsin gene expression and signaling mechanisms evoked by endothelins in goldfish and murine pigment cell lines.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas médicas e biológicas / Sociedade Brasileira de Biofísica ... [et al.] 2010;43(9):828-36.
2010: Mauro Cesar Isoldi; Ignacio Provencio; Ana Castrucci
Light modulates the melanophore response to alpha-MSH in Xenopus laevis: an analysis of the signal transduction crosstalk mechanisms involved.
General and comparative endocrinology 2010;165(1):104-10.
2009: Fernanda Pizão Farhat; Cassia Bulhōes Martins; Leonardo Henrique Ribeiro Graciani De Lima; Mauro Cesar Isoldi; Ana Castrucci
Melanopsin and clock genes: regulation by light and endothelin in the zebrafish ZEM-2S cell line.
Chronobiology international 2009;26(6):1090-119.
2008: Adriana Luchs; Dóris Hissako Sumida; Maria Aparecida Visconti; Ana Castrucci
Biological effects of insulin on murine melanoma cells and fish erythrophoroma cells: a comparative study.
General and comparative endocrinology 2008;156(2):218-23.
2008: Paulo A A Allil; Maria Aparecida Visconti; Ana Castrucci; Mauro Cesar Isoldi
Photoperiod and testosterone modulate growth and melanogenesis of s91 murine melanoma.
Medicinal chemistry (Shāriqah (United Arab Emirates)) 2008;4(2):100-5.
2007: Ana Cristina Scarparo; Mauro Cesar Isoldi; Leonardo Henrique Ribeiro Graciani de Lima; Maria Aparecida Visconti; Ana Castrucci
Expression of endothelin receptors in frog, chicken, mouse and human pigment cells.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology 2007;147(3):640-6.
2007: Letícia Hyoo Jung Im; Mauro Cesar Isoldi; Ana Cristina Scarparo; Maria Aparecida Visconti; Ana Castrucci
Rhythmic expression, light entrainment and alpha-MSH modulation of rhodopsin mRNA in a teleost pigment cell line.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology 2007;147(3):691-6.
2007: Tida Kumbalasiri; Mark D Rollag; Mauro Cesar Isoldi; Ana Castrucci; Ignacio Provencio
Melanopsin triggers the release of internal calcium stores in response to light.
Photochemistry and photobiology 2007;83(2):273-9.
2006: Susan E Doyle; Ana Castrucci; Maureen McCall; Ignacio Provencio; Michael Menaker
Nonvisual light responses in the Rpe65 knockout mouse: rod loss restores sensitivity to the melanopsin system.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2006;103(27):10432-7.
2006: Carolina R Camargo; Elton Colares; Ana Castrucci
Seasonal pelage color change: news based on a South American rodent.
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2006;78(1):77-86.
2006: Ana Cristina Scarparo; Maria Aparecida Visconti; Ana Castrucci
Signalling pathways evoked by alpha1-adrenoceptors in human melanoma cells.
Cell biochemistry and function 2006;24(2):119-29.
2005: Mauro Cesar Isoldi; Maria Aparecida Visconti; Ana Castrucci
Anti-cancer drugs: molecular mechanisms of action.
Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry 2005;5(7):685-95.
2005: Luciana Nogueira de Sousa Andrade; Thais Martins de Lima; Rui Curi; Ana Castrucci
Toxicity of fatty acids on murine and human melanoma cell lines.
Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA 2005;19(4):553-60.
2005: Mauro Cesar Isoldi; Mark D Rollag; Ana Castrucci; Ignacio Provencio
Rhabdomeric phototransduction initiated by the vertebrate photopigment melanopsin.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2005;102(4):1217-21.
2004: Ana Maria Caliman Filadelfi; Guilherme Corrêa Ramanzini; Maria Aparecida Visconti; Ana Castrucci
The endothelin/sarafotoxin-induced increase of the proliferation of undifferentiated and DMSO-differentiated GEM-81 goldfish erythrophoroma cells is mediated by ETB receptors.
Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society 2004;17(5):480-7.
2004: M S M V Sarti; Maria Aparecida Visconti; Ana Castrucci
Biological activity and binding of estradiol to SK-Mel 23 human melanoma cells.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas médicas e biológicas / Sociedade Brasileira de Biofísica ... [et al.] 2004;37(6):901-5.
2004: Mauro Cesar Isoldi; E A Pereira; Maria Aparecida Visconti; Ana Castrucci
The role of calcium, calcium-activated K+ channels, and tyrosine/kinase in psoralen-evoked responses in human melanoma cells.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas médicas e biológicas / Sociedade Brasileira de Biofísica ... [et al.] 2004;37(4):559-68.
2004: Ana Luisa Kadekaro; Luciana N S Andrade; Lucile Maria Floeter-Winter; Mark D Rollag; Victoria Virador; Wilfred Vieira; Ana Castrucci
MT-1 melatonin receptor expression increases the antiproliferative effect of melatonin on S-91 murine melanoma cells.
Journal of pineal research 2004;36(3):204-11.
2003: Mauro Cesar Isoldi; Sergio Russo Matioli; Ana Castrucci; Leonardo Henrique Ribeiro Graciani de Lima; Maria Aparecida Visconti; Nancy Amaral Rebouças
Identification of protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms in teleostean, amphibian and avian pigment cells.
Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society 2003;16(6):639-43.
2003: Satchidananda Panda; Ignacio Provencio; Daniel C Tu; Susana Pires; Mark D Rollag; Ana Castrucci; Mathew Pletcher; Trey K Sato; Timothy Wiltshire; Mary Andahazy; Steve A Kay; Russell N Van Gelder; John B Hogenesch
Melanopsin is required for non-image-forming photic responses in blind mice.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2003;301(5632):525-7.
2003: Andrea Vieira Souza; Maria Aparecida Visconti; Ana Castrucci
Melatonin biological activity and binding sites in human melanoma cells.
Journal of pineal research 2003;34(4):242-8.
2002: Satchidananda Panda; Trey K Sato; Ana Castrucci; Mark D Rollag; Willem J Degrip; John B Hogenesch; Ignacio Provencio; Steve A Kay
Melanopsin (Opn4) requirement for normal light-induced circadian phase shifting.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2002;298(5601):2213-6.
2002: Raymond Wee; Ana Castrucci; Ignacio Provencio; Lin Gan; Russell N Van Gelder
Loss of photic entrainment and altered free-running circadian rhythms in math5-/- mice.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2002;22(23):10427-33.
2002: Ana Maria Caliman Filadelfi; Paula Regina Rodrigues; Ana Castrucci; Maria Aparecida Visconti
Adrenoceptors in avian and fish pigment cells.
Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology 2002;172(7):599-606.
2002: Ignacio Provencio; Mark D Rollag; Ana Castrucci
Photoreceptive net in the mammalian retina. This mesh of cells may explain how some blind mice can still tell day from night.
Nature 2002;415(6871):493.
2001: Clovis R Nakaie; Simone R Barbosa; Renata F F Vieira; Roberto M Fernandez; Eduardo M Cilli; Ana Castrucci; Maria Aparecida Visconti; Amando S Ito; M Teresa Lamy-Freund
Comparative EPR and fluorescence conformational studies of fully active spin-labeled melanotropic peptides.
FEBS letters 2001;497(2-3):103-7.
2000: Ana Cristina Scarparo; Maria Aparecida Visconti; A R de Oliveira; Ana Castrucci
Adrenoceptors in normal and malignant human melanocytes.
Archives of dermatological research 2000;292(5):265-7.
1999: Mauro Cesar Isoldi; Ana Cristina Scarparo; Robert Schumacher; Ana Castrucci
Psoralen activity and binding sites in melanotic and amelanotic human melanoma cells.
Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society 1999;12(6):367-75.
1999: Luiz Eduardo Maia Nery; M A Da Silva; Ana Castrucci
Possible role of non-classical chromatophorotropins on the regulation of the crustacean erythrophore.
The Journal of experimental zoology 1999;284(6):711-6.
1999: Maria Aparecida Visconti; Guilherme Corrêa Ramanzini; C R Camargo; Ana Castrucci
Elasmobranch color change: A short review and novel data on hormone regulation.
The Journal of experimental zoology 1999;284(5):485-91.
1999: Vanessa C Abílio; F M Freitas; M S Dolnikoff; Ana Castrucci; Roberto Frussa-Filho
Effects of continuous exposure to light on behavioral dopaminergic supersensitivity.
Biological psychiatry 1999;45(12):1622-9.
1999: Simone R Barbosa; Eduardo M Cilli; M Teresa Lamy-Freund; Ana Castrucci; Clovis R Nakaie
First synthesis of a fully active spin-labeled peptide hormone.
FEBS letters 1999;446(1):45-8.
1999: C R Camargo; Maria Aparecida Visconti; Ana Castrucci
Physiological color change in the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana.
The Journal of experimental zoology 1999;283(2):160-9.
1998: A M Schwartzmann-Solon; Maria Aparecida Visconti; Ana Castrucci
Topical application of a melanotropin analogue to vulgar vitiligo dermo-epidermal minigrafts.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas médicas e biológicas / Sociedade Brasileira de Biofísica ... [et al.] 1998;31(12):1557-64.
1997: Luiz Eduardo Maia Nery; Ana Castrucci
Pigment cell signalling for physiological color change.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Physiology 1997;118(4):1135-44.
1997: Luiz Eduardo Maia Nery; M A da Silva; L Josefsson; Ana Castrucci
Cellular signalling of PCH-induced pigment aggregation in the crustacean Macrobrachium potiuna erythrophores.
Journal of comparative physiology. B, Biochemical, systemic, and environmental physiology 1997;167(8):570-5.
1997: Carrie Haskell-Luevano; K Toth; L Boteju; C Job; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley; Victor J Hruby
beta-Methylation of the Phe7 and Trp9 melanotropin side chain pharmacophores affects ligand-receptor interactions and prolonged biological activity.
Journal of medicinal chemistry 1997;40(17):2740-9.
1997: Ana Castrucci; A L Almeida; FA al-Obeidi; Mac E Hadley; Victor J Hruby; D J Staples; TK Sawyer
Comparative biological activities of alpha-MSH antagonists in vertebrate pigment cells.
General and comparative endocrinology 1997;105(3):410-6.
1996: A R deOliveira; Ana Castrucci; Maria Visconti
Cellular signalling in vertebrate pigment cells.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas médicas e biológicas / Sociedade Brasileira de Biofísica ... [et al.] 1996;29(12):1743-9.
1996: A M Filadelfi; Ana Castrucci
Serotonin and N-acetylserotonin effects on pigment cells of the toad Bufo ictericus: pharmacological characterization of melatonin receptors.
General and comparative endocrinology 1996;103(2):192-9.
1996: A M Filadelfi; Ana Castrucci
Comparative aspects of the pineal/melatonin system of poikilothermic vertebrates.
Journal of pineal research 1996;20(4):175-86.
1996: Carrie Haskell-Luevano; T K Sawyer; S Hendrata; C North; L Panahinia; M Stum; D J Staples; Ana Castrucci; M F Hadley; Victor J Hruby
Truncation studies of alpha-melanotropin peptides identify tripeptide analogues exhibiting prolonged agonist bioactivity.
Peptides 1996;17(6):995-1002.
1995: M C Tuma; L Josefsson; Ana Castrucci
Cytoskeleton and PCH-induced pigment aggregation in Macrobrachium potiuna erythrophores.
Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society 1995;8(4):215-20.
1994: A M Filadelfi; Ana Castrucci
Melatonin desensitizing effects on the in vitro responses to MCH, alpha-MSH, isoproterenol and melatonin in pigment cells of a fish (S. marmoratus), a toad (B. ictericus), a frog (R. pipiens), and a lizard (A. carolinensis), exposed to varying photoperiodic regimens.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Physiology 1994;109(4):1027-37.
1994: C S Shida; Ana Castrucci; M Teresa Lamy-Freund
High melatonin solubility in aqueous medium.
Journal of pineal research 1994;16(4):198-201.
1994: Ana Castrucci; W C Sherbrooke; T K Sawyer; D J Staples; M C Tuma; Mac E Hadley
Discovery of an alpha-melanotropin antagonist effective in vivo.
Peptides 1994;15(4):627-32.
1993: A S Ito; Ana Castrucci; V J Hruby; M E Hadley; D T Krajcarski; A G Szabo
Structure-activity correlations of melanotropin peptides in model lipids by tryptophan fluorescence studies.
Biochemistry 1993;32(45):12264-72.
1993: T K Sawyer; Ana Castrucci; D J Staples; J A Affholter; A De Vaux; Victor J Hruby; Mac E Hadley
Structure-activity relationships of [Nle4, D-Phe7]alpha-MSH. Discovery of a tripeptidyl agonist exhibiting sustained bioactivity.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1993;680():597-9.
1993: M H Biaggi; S Schreier; Ana Castrucci; M Teresa Lamy-Freund
Interaction of melanotropic peptides with lipid membranes.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1993;680():459-61.
1992: Ana Castrucci; Maria Visconti; T O Matsunaga; Mac E Hadley; V J Hruby
Enzymological studies of melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) and related analogues.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B, Comparative biochemistry 1992;103(2):317-20.
1992: T O Matsunaga; Victor J Hruby; Michal Lebl; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley
Synthesis and bioactivity studies of two isosteric acyclic analogues of melanin concentrating hormone.
Life sciences 1992;51(9):679-85.
1991: M S Abrão; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley; V J Hruby
Protein-kinase C mediates MCH signal transduction in teleost, synbranchus marmoratus, melanocytes.
Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society 1991;4(2):66-70.
1990: M M Marwan; J W Jiang; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley
Psoralens stimulate mouse melanocyte and melanoma tyrosinase activity in the absence of ultraviolet light.
Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society 1990;3(4):214-21.
1990: Maria Visconti; Ana Castrucci
Ionic requirements for catecholamine aggregating actions on the teleost Poecilia reticulata melanophores.
Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society 1990;3(3):132-40.
1990: T K Sawyer; D J Staples; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley; FA al-Obeidi; W L Cody; V J Hruby
Alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone message and inhibitory sequences: comparative structure-activity studies on melanocytes.
Peptides 1990;11(2):351-7.
1990: FA al-Obeidi; Victor J Hruby; Mac E Hadley; T K Sawyer; Ana Castrucci
Design, synthesis, and biological activities of a potent and selective alpha-melanotropin antagonist.
International journal of peptide and protein research 1990;35(3):228-34.
1990: A L Britto; Ana Castrucci; Maria Visconti; L Josefsson
Quantitative in vitro assay for crustacean chromatophorotropins and other pigment cell agonists.
Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society 1990;3(1):28-32.
1989: FA al-Obeidi; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley; Victor J Hruby
Potent and prolonged acting cyclic lactam analogues of alpha-melanotropin: design based on molecular dynamics.
Journal of medicinal chemistry 1989;32(12):2555-61.
1989: Mac E Hadley; M M Marwan; FA al-Obeidi; Victor J Hruby; Ana Castrucci
Linear and cyclic alpha-melanotropin [4-10]-fragment analogues that exhibit superpotency and residual activity.
Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society 1989;2(6):478-84.
1989: T O Matsunaga; Victor J Hruby; Michal Lebl; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley
Melanin concentrating hormone (MCH): structure-function aspects of its melanocyte stimulating hormone-like (MSH-like) activity.
Peptides 1989;10(4):773-8.
1989: Maria Visconti; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley; V J Hruby
Ionic requirements for melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) actions on teleost Poecilia reticulata melanophores.
Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society 1989;2(3):213-7.
1989: Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley; B C Wilkes; V J Hruby; T K Sawyer
Melanotropin structure-activity studies on melanocytes of the teleost fish, Synbranchus marmoratus.
General and comparative endocrinology 1989;74(2):209-14.
1989: T O Matsunaga; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley; Victor J Hruby
Melanin concentrating hormone (MCH): synthesis and bioactivity studies of MCH fragment analogues.
Peptides 1989;10(2):349-54.
1989: Ana Castrucci; Michal Lebl; Victor J Hruby; T O Matsunaga; Mac E Hadley
Melanin concentrating hormone. III. Melanin concentrating hormone (MCH): the message sequence.
Life sciences 1989;45(13):1141-8.
1989: Michal Lebl; Victor J Hruby; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley
Melanin concentrating hormone analogues: contraction of the cyclic structure. II. Antagonist activity.
Life sciences 1989;44(7):451-7.
1989: T K Sawyer; D J Staples; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley
Discovery and structure-activity relationships of novel alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone inhibitors.
Peptide research 1989;2(1):140-6.
1989: Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley; Michal Lebl; C Zechel; V J Hruby
Melanocyte stimulating hormone and melanin concentration hormone may be structurally and evolutionarily related.
Regulatory peptides 1989;24(1):27-35.
1989: Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley; T K Sawyer; B C Wilkes; FA al-Obeidi; D J Staples; A E de Vaux; O Dym; M F Hintz; J P Riehm
Alpha-melanotropin: the minimal active sequence in the lizard skin bioassay.
General and comparative endocrinology 1989;73(1):157-63.
1989: FA al-Obeidi; Victor J Hruby; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley
Design of potent linear alpha-melanotropin 4-10 analogues modified in positions 5 and 10.
Journal of medicinal chemistry 1989;32(1):174-9.
1988: E E Sugg; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley; G van Binst; Victor J Hruby
Cyclic lactam analogues of Ac-[Nle4]alpha-MSH4-11-NH2.
Biochemistry 1988;27(21):8181-8.
1988: Michal Lebl; Victor J Hruby; Ana Castrucci; Maria Visconti; Mac E Hadley
Melanin concentrating hormone analogues: contraction of the cyclic structure. 1. Agonist activity.
Journal of medicinal chemistry 1988;31(5):949-54.
1988: Ana Castrucci; Maria Visconti; Mac E Hadley; V J Hruby; N Oshima; R Fujii
Melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) control of chromatophores.
Progress in clinical and biological research 1988;256():547-57.
1988: Mac E Hadley; Ana Castrucci; Victor J Hruby
Melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) mechanisms of action.
Progress in clinical and biological research 1988;256():531-45.
1988: T K Sawyer; Mac E Hadley; V J Hruby; Ana Castrucci; D J Staples; J Farah; T L O'Donohue
Alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone structure-activity studies: comparative analysis of melanotropic and CNS bioactivities.
Synapse (New York, N.Y.) 1988;2(3):289-92.
1987: Victor J Hruby; B C Wilkes; Mac E Hadley; FA al-Obeidi; T K Sawyer; D J Staples; A E de Vaux; O Dym; Ana Castrucci; M F Hintz
alpha-Melanotropin: the minimal active sequence in the frog skin bioassay.
Journal of medicinal chemistry 1987;30(11):2126-30.
1987: Ana Castrucci; M E Hadley; V J Hruby
A teleost skin bioassay for melanotropic peptides.
General and comparative endocrinology 1987;66(3):374-80.
1987: Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley; B C Wilkes; C Zechel; V J Hruby
Melanin concentrating hormone exhibits both MSH and MCH activities on individual melanophores.
Life sciences 1987;40(19):1845-51.
1987: Mac E Hadley; C Zechel; B C Wilkes; Ana Castrucci; Maria Visconti; M Pozo-Alonso; V J Hruby
Differential structural requirements for the MSH and MCH activities of melanin concentrating hormone.
Life sciences 1987;40(12):1139-45.
1987: Elisabeth Schwartz; Ana Castrucci
A sensitive in vitro toad skin bioassay for melanotropic peptides.
Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas médicas e biológicas / Sociedade Brasileira de Biofísica ... [et al.] 1987;20(2):213-20.
1987: Elisabeth Schwartz; Ana Castrucci
alpha-MSH (melanocyte stimulating hormone) and MCH (melanin concentrating hormone) actions in Bufo ictericus ictericus melanophores.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology 1987;88(1):15-20.
1986: B C Wilkes; W L Cody; V J Hruby; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley
Comparative biological activities of potent analogues of alpha-melanotropin. Effect of nonaromatic and para substituted aromatic amino acids at position 7.
International journal of peptide and protein research 1986;27(6):685-94.
1985: N Oshima; H Kasukawa; R Fujii; B C Wilkes; V J Hruby; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley
Melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) effects on teleost (Chrysiptera cyanea) melanophores.
The Journal of experimental zoology 1985;235(2):175-80.
1985: M M Marwan; Z A Abdel Malek; K L Kreutzfeld; Mac E Hadley; B C Wilkes; Victor J Hruby; Ana Castrucci
Stimulation of S91 melanoma tyrosinase activity by superpotent alpha-melanotropins.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology 1985;41(2-3):171-7.
1985: Maria Visconti; Ana Castrucci
Microtubule--and microfilament--disrupting drugs and melanosome migration in melanophores of Papiliochromis ramirezi (Cichlidae, Teleostei).
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 1985;57(2):233-7.
1985: W L Cody; M Mahoney; J J Knittel; V J Hruby; Ana Castrucci; M E Hadley
Cyclic melanotropins. 9. 7-D-Phenylalanine analogues of the active-site sequence.
Journal of medicinal chemistry 1985;28(5):583-8.
1985: D N Chaturvedi; Victor J Hruby; Ana Castrucci; K L Kreutzfeld; Mac E Hadley
Synthesis and biological evaluation of the superagonist [N alpha-chlorotriazinylaminofluorescein-Ser1,Nle4,D-Phe7]-al pha-MSH.
Journal of pharmaceutical sciences 1985;74(3):237-40.
1985: Maria Visconti; Ana Castrucci
Tris buffer effects on melanophore aggregating responses.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. C, Comparative pharmacology and toxicology 1985;82(2):501-3.
1985: M E Hadley; J H Mieyr; B E Martin; Ana Castrucci; V J Hruby; T K Sawyer; E A Powers; K R Rao
[Nle4, D-Phe7]-alpha-MSH: a superpotent melanotropin with prolonged action on vertebrate chromatophores.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. A, Comparative physiology 1985;81(1):1-6.
1984: K Akiyama; Henry I Yamamura; B C Wilkes; W L Cody; V J Hruby; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley
Relative stability of alpha-melanotropin and related analogues to rat brain homogenates.
Peptides 1984;5(6):1191-5.
1984: D N Chaturvedi; J J Knittel; V J Hruby; Ana Castrucci; M E Hadley
Synthesis and biological actions of highly potent and prolonged acting biotin-labeled melanotropins.
Journal of medicinal chemistry 1984;27(11):1406-10.
1984: Michal Lebl; W L Cody; B C Wilkes; V J Hruby; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley
Cyclic melanotropins. Part VII: Modified ring structures--synthesis and biological activity.
International journal of peptide and protein research 1984;24(5):472-9.
1984: W L Cody; B C Wilkes; B J Muska; V J Hruby; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley
Cyclic melanotropins. 5. Importance of the C-terminal tripeptide (Lys-Pro-Val).
Journal of medicinal chemistry 1984;27(9):1186-90.
1984: B C Wilkes; V J Hruby; W C Sherbrooke; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley
Synthesis and biological actions of melanin concentrating hormone.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 1984;122(2):613-9.
1984: Ana Castrucci; M E Hadley; V J Hruby
Melanotropin bioassays: in vitro and in vivo comparisons.
General and comparative endocrinology 1984;55(1):104-11.
1984: B C Wilkes; V J Hruby; Ana Castrucci; W C Sherbrooke; Mac E Hadley
Synthesis of a cyclic melanotropic peptide exhibiting both melanin-concentrating and -dispersing activities.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 1984;224(4653):1111-3.
1984: B C Wilkes; V J Hruby; Henry I Yamamura; K Akiyama; Ana Castrucci; Mac E Hadley; J R Andrews; Y P Wan
Synthesis of tritium labeled Ac-[Nle4, D-Phe7]-alpha-MSH4-11-NH2: a superpotent melanotropin with prolonged biological activity.
Life sciences 1984;34(10):977-84.
1984: Ana Castrucci; M E Hadley; T K Sawyer; V J Hruby
Enzymological studies of melanotropins.
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. B, Comparative biochemistry 1984;78(3):519-24.
1984: Maria Visconti; Ana Castrucci; D Valente
A study on melanophore receptors of Papiliochromis ramirezi (Teleostei, Cichlidae).
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. C, Comparative pharmacology and toxicology 1984;77(1):161-5.