Talk:Oxytocin/Draft
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- The sequence is cysteine - tyrosine - isoleucine - glutamine - asparagine - cysteine - proline - leucine - glycine (CYIQNCPLG).
- The cysteine residues form a sulfur bridge.
- The two genes are always located close to each other (less than 15,000 bases apart) on the same chromosome and are transcribed in opposite directions.
- It belongs to the rhodopsin-type (class I) group of G-protein-coupled receptors.
- Uterine contraction - important for cervical dilation before birth and causes contractions during the second and third stages of labor.
- Actions of oxytocin within the brain.
- Drugs administered by nasal spray are thought to have better access to the CNS.
- It has fewer side-effects than drugs previously used for this purpose (ritodrine, salbutamol and terbutaline).
--AlekStos 15:04, 28 March 2007 (CDT)