Karl August Folkers

Affiliations: 
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, U.S.A. 
Area:
hypothalamic hormones
Website:
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10470&page=100
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"Karl A. Folkers"
Bio:

(1906 - 1997)
http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/55691.html
http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/collections/oral-histories/details/folkers-karl-a.aspx
http://www.chemheritage.org/Oral-Histories/Documents/Folkers--Front-Matter-and-Index.pdf
http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/folkers-karl.pdf
http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc111274/m1/10/

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Parents

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Homer B. Adkins grad student 1931 UW Madison
 (The reactions of certain esters, aldehydes and alcohols over oxide catalysts)
Treat Baldwin Johnson post-doc 1931-1934 Yale

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Vladimir Prelog collaborator 1950-1956 Merck
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Janecka A, Janecki T, Bowers CY, et al. (2009) New, highly active antagonists of LHRH with acylated lysine and p-aminophenylalanine in positions 5 and 6 International Journal of Peptide and Protein Research. 44: 19-23
Janecka A, Janecki T, Shan S, et al. (1994) Novel, potent luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone antagonists with improved solubility in water. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 37: 2238-2241
Folkers K, Morita M, Mcree J. (1993) The Activities of Coenzyme Q10 and Vitamin B6 for Immune Responses Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 193: 88-92
Xu JC, Folkers K, Bowers C, et al. (1992) Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of antagonists of LHRH including substitutions with L-azetidine 2-2-carboxylic acid Contraception. 46: 113-115
Folkers K, Bowers CY, Tang PL, et al. (1986) Decapeptides as effective agonists from L-amino acids biologically equivalent to the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 83: 1070-1074
Humphries J, Wan Y, Wasiak T, et al. (1979) Structural requirements in positions 1, 2, 3, and 6 of the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) for antiovulatory activity. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 22: 774-777
Humphries J, Wan Y, Folkers K, et al. (1977) Nonapeptide ethylamide inhibitors of the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) having a D-alanyl residue in position 6 and variations at positions 2 and 3. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 20: 1674-1677
Folkers K, Chang D, Humphries J, et al. (1976) Synthesis and activities of neurotensin, and its acid and amide analogs: possible natural occurrence of [Gln4]-neurotensin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 73: 3833-7
Greibrokk T, Currie BL, Johansson KN, et al. (1974) Purification of a prolactin inhibiting hormone and the revealing of hormone D-GHIH which inhibits the release of growth hormone. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 59: 704-709
Wikholm RJ, Iwamoto Y, Bogentoft CB, et al. (1974) Coenzyme Q. 167. Antimetabolites of coenzyme Q. 19. Synthesis and bioassays of new dimethoxyalkylmercapto-1,4-benzoquinones Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 17: 893-896
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