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Proposed Models for Angiotensin II in Aqueous Solution and Conclusions about Receptor Topography

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Angiotensin II has an uncertain molecular basis in aqueous solution; two models are proposed here, a β-turn and a γ-turn model, of which the latter seems the more likely.

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PRINTZ, M., NÉMETHY, G. & BLEICH, H. Proposed Models for Angiotensin II in Aqueous Solution and Conclusions about Receptor Topography. Nature New Biology 237, 135–140 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio237135a0

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