Entry retrieved from the Protein Data Bank at RCSB.
1XY1 Hormone. Date: Jun 05, 1987.
Authors: S.P.Wood, I.J.Tickle, A.M.Treharne, J.E.Pitts, Y.Mascarenhas, J.Y.Li, J.Husain, S.Cooper, T.L.Blundell, V.J.Hruby, A.Buku, A.J.Fischman, H.R.Wyssbrod
Compound: Beta-Mercaptopropionate-Oxytocin (Wet Form)
Method: X-Ray Diffraction. Resolution 1.04 �.

Oxytocin is a hormone that induces labor in pregnant woman and stimulates milk production in nursing mothers.

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