...Nather H. Majeed; Wladystaw Lasoń; Barbara Przewłocka; Ryszard Przewłocki T he levels of dynorphin, α-neoendorphin and β-endorphin immunoreactivity (ir-DYN, ir-α-NEO, ir-β-E) were measured in the brain, pituitary and gut of rats subjected to a variety of manipulations. Water deprivation caused...

...-length prodynorphin cDNA (accession No. AY 445637) was cloned and sequenced from the CNS of N. forsteri . In addition to encoding α-neoendorphin, dynorphin A and dynorphin B sequences unique to the lungfish, two Leu-enkephalin sequences, flanked by paired basic amino acid proteolytic cleavage sites, were...