Structural and biological characterization of mastoparans in the venom of Vespa species in Taiwan - Lin, Chun-Hsien; Tzen, Jason T.C.; Shyu, Ching-Lin; Yang, Mars J.; Tu, Wu-Chun (Peptides (New York, N.Y. : 1980), 2011)
Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence; amino acids; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents - chemistry; Anti-Bacterial Agents - metabolism; Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology; anti-infective properties; Antimicrobial activity; bacteria; Base Sequence; Biological and medical sciences; Cell Degranulation - drug effects; Chickens; disulfide bonds; erythrocytes; Escherichia coli; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; hemolysis; Hemolysis - drug effects; Hemolytic activity; Humans; hydrophobicity; Hymenoptera; Mast cell degranulation; mast cells; Mast Cells - drug effects; Mast Cells - physiology; Mastoparans; Membrane permeabilization; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Molecular Sequence Data; peptides; Peptides - chemistry; Peptides - genetics; Peptides - metabolism; Peptides - pharmacology; Protein Structure, Secondary; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Sequence Alignment; Sheep; signal peptide; Taiwan; venoms; Vertebrates: endocrinology; Vespa; Vespa species; Wasp Venoms - chemistry; Wasp Venoms - genetics; Wasp Venoms - metabolism; Wasp Venoms - pharmacology; Wasps - chemistry; Taiwan; Membrane permeabilization; Antimicrobial activity; Hemolytic activity; Vespa species; Mastoparans; Mast cell degranulation; Characterization; Venom; Degranulation; Mast cell; Antibacterial agent; Antimicrobial agent