1. Abbreviations: in addition to the IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (J. Biol. Chem.1985,260, 14−42), this article uses the following additional symbols and abbreviations: Ac, acetyl; Bid, 1H-benzimidazol-2-yl; Boc,tert-butyloxycarbonyl; DAMGO, [d-Ala2,N-Me-Phe4, Gly-ol5] enkephalin; DEL C, deltorphin C, (H-Tyr-d-Ala-Phe-Asp-Val-Val-Gly-NH2); DER, dermorphin (H-Tyr-d-Ala-Phe-Gly-Tyr-Pro-Ser-NH2); DMF,N,N-dimethylformamide; DMSO-d6, hexadeuteriodimethyl sulfoxide; Dmt, 2‘,6‘-dimethyl-l-tyrosine; GPI, guinea-pig ileum; HOBt, 1-hydroxybenzotriazole; HPLC, high performance liquid chromatography; MALDI-TOF, matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight; MVD, mouse vas deferens; NMM, 4-methylmorpholine; pA2, negative log of the molar concentration required to double the agonist concentration to achieve the original response; TFA, trifluoroacetic acid; Tic, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid; TIPP, H.Tyr-Tic-Phe-Phe-OH.; TIS, triisopropylsilane; TLC, thin-layer chromatography; TNBS, 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid; WSC = EDC, 1-ethyl-3-[3‘-dimethyl)aminopropyl]-carbodiimide hydrochloride; Z, benzyloxycarbonyl.
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