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Gli estratti di pelle diLitoria aurea, un anfibio leptodactilide australiano, contengono 2 polipeptidi ad attività bombesinosimile. Uno di essi, la litorina, è stato identificato come un nonapeptide avente strette analogie strutturali con la bombesina, l'alitesina e la ranatensina.
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Anastasi, A., Erspamer, V. & Endean, R. Aminoacid composition and sequence of litorin, a bombesin-like nonapeptide from the skin of the Australian leptodactylid frogLitoria aurea. Experientia 31, 510–511 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01932427
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