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mastoparan

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Mastoparan-induced insulin secretion from insulin-secreting betaTC3 and INS-1 cells: evidence for its regulation by Rho subfamily of G proteins.
Mastoparan, a tetradecapeptide from wasp venom, stimulates insulin secretion from the islet beta-cells, presumably via activation… 
1999
1999
Initial signalling processes induced by elicitors of ectomycorrhiza-forming fungi in spruce cells can also be triggered by G-protein-activating mastoparan and protein phosphatase-inhibiting…
Abstract. The first responses in spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] cells induced by elicitors (N-acetylglucosamine oligomers) from… 
1998
1998
Glucose augmentation of mastoparan-stimulated insulin secretion in rat and human pancreatic islets.
Mastoparan, a tetradecapeptide component of wasp venom, activates heterotrimeric G-proteins and stimulates exocytosis in several… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Interaction of mastoparan‐B from venom of a hornet in taiwan with phospholipid bilayers and its antimicrobial activity
Mastoparan B (MP‐B), an amphiphiphilic α‐helical peptide newly isolated from the hornet Vespa basalis, was studied in comparison… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Selective regulation of apical endocytosis in polarized Madin-Darby canine kidney cells by mastoparan and cAMP.
We here demonstrate that mastoparan, fluoride, forskolin, cholera toxin, and 8-bromoadenosine-3'-5'-cyclic monophosphate all… 
1994
1994
Inositol(1,4,5)trisphosphate production in plant cells: stimulation by the venom peptides, melittin and mastoparan.
The ability of the amphiphilic peptides, melittin and mastoparan, to modulate the production of inositol(1,4,5)trisphosphate in… 
1992
1992
Mastoparan-induced hormone release from rat pancreatic islets.
Mastoparan, a tetradecapeptide purified from wasp venom, stimulates insulin and glucagon release by rat pancreatic islets in a… 
1986
1986
Modulation of vascular and cardiac contractile protein regulatory mechanisms by calmodulin inhibitors and related compounds.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Calmodulin and troponin C: a comparative study of the interaction of mastoparan and troponin I inhibitory peptide [104-115].
Recent studies using bee and wasp venom peptides have led to the hypothesis that proper complex formation with calmodulin (CaM… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Inhibition of calmodulin activity by insect venom peptides.
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