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mastoparan

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2015
Review
2015
Three Valuable Peptides from Bee and Wasp Venoms for Therapeutic and Biotechnological Use: Melittin, Apamin and Mastoparan
While knowledge of the composition and mode of action of bee and wasp venoms dates back 50 years, the therapeutic value of these… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Transbilayer transport of ions and lipids coupled with mastoparan X translocation.
The transbilayer movement of ions and lipids induced by mastoparan X, a peptidic toxin from Vespa xanthoptera, was investigated… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Mastoparan-Induced Intracellular Ca2+ Fluxes May Regulate Cell-to-Cell Communication in Plants
The relationship of Ca2+ and plasmodesmatal closure was examined in staminal hairs of Setcreasea purpurea by microinjecting cells… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
The Peptide Mastoparan Is a Potent Facilitator of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition (*)
Mastoparan facilitates opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore through an apparent bimodal mechanism of action… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Interaction of calmodulin with the cyclic GMP-gated channel of rod photoreceptor cells. Modulation of activity, affinity purification, and localization.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Phospholipase C activation during elicitation of the oxidative burst in cultured plant cells.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Exocytosis in chromaffin cells. Possible involvement of the heterotrimeric GTP-binding protein G(o).
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Regulation of Gi and Go by mastoparan, related amphiphilic peptides, and hydrophobic amines. Mechanism and structural determinants of activity.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Activation of rat peritoneal mast cells by substance P and mastoparan.
Incubation of rat peritoneal mast cells with substance P resulted in the transient stimulation of phosphoinositol breakdown and… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Mastoparan, a peptide toxin from wasp venom, mimics receptors by activating GTP-binding regulatory proteins (G proteins).
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