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the antidiuretic hormone of the pig family, differing from arginine vasopressin in having lysine instead of arginine at position 8; used pharmaceutically as the synthetic preparation lypressin (q.v.).Medical dictionary. 2011.
Vasopressin — Arginine vasopressin Space filling model of arginine vasopressin … Wikipedia
Vasopressin — A relatively small (peptide) molecule that is released by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain after being made nearby (in the hypothalamus). Vasopressin has an antidiuretic action that prevents the production of dilute urine (and so is… … Medical dictionary
vasopressin — (= antidiuretic hormone; ADH) A peptide hormone released from the posterior pituitary lobe but synthesized in the hypothalamus. There are 2 forms, differing only in the amino acid at position 8: arginine vasopressin is widespread, while lysine… … Dictionary of molecular biology
8-lysine vasopressin — SYN: lypressin … Medical dictionary
arginine vasopressin — n vasopressin in which the eighth amino acid residue in its polypeptide chain is an arginine residue (as in most mammals including humans) rather than a lysine residue (as in pigs) abbr. AVP * * * (AVP) vasopressin containing arginine, the type… … Medical dictionary
lypressin — Vasopressin containing lysine in position 8; an antidiuretic and vasopressor hormone. SYN: 8 lysine vasopressin. * * * ly·pres·sin .lī pres ən n a vasopressin in which the eighth amino acid residue in its polypeptide chain is a lysine residue (as … Medical dictionary
hormone — hormonal, hormonic /hawr mon ik, moh nik/, adj. /hawr mohn/, n. 1. Biochem. any of various internally secreted compounds, as insulin or thyroxine, formed in endocrine glands, that affect the functions of specifically receptive organs or tissues… … Universalium
Виньо, Винсент дю — Винсент дю Виньо Vincent du Vigneaud [[Файл: Файл:Vincent du Vigneaud.jpg |200px]] Дата рождения: 18 мая 1901(1901 05 18) Место рождения … Википедия
felypressin — [Phe2,Lys8]Vasopressin; lysine vasopressin with l phenylalanine at position 2. SYN: octapressin … Medical dictionary
lypressin — noun lysine vasopressin … Wiktionary
