Solid‐phase synthesis and some biological properties of ovine corticotropin‐releasing factor

Abstract
Ovine corticotropin‐releasing factor (CRF) was synthesized by solid‐phase method and isolated using two purification steps: gel filtration and high performance liquid chromatography. The synthetic peptide is a potent stimulator of ACTH release, as well as cyclic AMP accumulation and release in rat adenohypophyseal cells in culture and shows highly specific binding to bovine anterior pituitary plasma membranes.