The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 108, 283-297,
Copyright, 1958, by The Rockefeller Institute
THE SYNTHESIS OF A TETRADECAPEPTIDE RENIN SUBSTRATE
Leonard T. Skeggs Jr. Ph.D.1,
Kenneth E. Lentz Ph.D.1,
Joseph R. Kahn M.D.1, and
Norman P. Shumway M.D.1
1 From the Department of Medicine and Surgery, Veterans Administration Hospital, and the Department of Pathology, Western Reserve University, Cleveland
A tetradecapeptide renin substrate having a biological activity comparable to the natural product and similar chemical properties has been synthesized by means of the carbobenzyloxyl azide and mixed anhydride methods.
Submitted on May 5, 1958