R. E. Mains

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• Characterization of a peptide alpha-amidation activity from rat anterior pituitary.
• Peptide alpha-amidation activity in mouse anterior pituitary AtT-20 cell granules: properties and secretion.
• Bovine intermediate pituitary alpha-amidation enzyme: preliminary characterization.
• Identification in pituitary tissue of a peptide alpha-amidation activity that acts on glycine-extended peptides and requires molecular oxygen, copper, and ascorbic acid.
• Adrenocorticotropin(1-14)OH-related molecules in primary cultures of rat intermediate pituitary cells. Identification and role in the biosynthesis of alpha-melanotropin.
• Selective loss of alpha-melanotropin-amidating activity in primary cultures of rat intermediate pituitary cells.