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Biosynthesis and distribution of opioid peptides

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  1. Department, of Medicine, Kyoto University, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

    H. Imura, Y. Nakai, K. Nakao, S. Oki, I. Tanaka, H. Jingami, T. Yoshimasa, T. Tsukada, Y. Ikeda, M. Suda & M. Sakamoto

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Plenary lecture, XIX Meeting of the Italian Society of Endocrinology, Genova, May 11–14, 1982.

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Imura, H., Nakai, Y., Nakao, K. et al. Biosynthesis and distribution of opioid peptides. J Endocrinol Invest 6, 139–149 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03350587

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