Vasotab, a vasoactive peptide from horse fly Hybomitra bimaculata (Diptera, Tabanidae) salivary glands

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 343-352

  Takáč, Peter ^a   Nunn, Miles A ^b   Mészáros, János ^c   Pecháňová, Olga ^d   Vrbjar, Norbert ^a   Vlasáková, Petra ^a   Kozánek, Milan ^a   Kazimírová, Mária ^a   Hart, George ^c   Nuttall, Patricia A ^b   Labuda, Milan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Clinical Department   (United Kingdom)

^d Inst of Norm and Pathol Physiol   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Horse fly; Hybomitra bimaculata; Salivary gland; Vasodilator

Indexed keywords

2 (4 ISOTHIOCYANATOPHENOXY) 1,3,2 DIOXAPHOSPHINENE 2 OXIDE; 2-(4-ISOTHIOCYANATOPHENOXY)-1,3,2-DIOXAPHOSPHINENE 2-OXIDE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PRIMER DNA; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MIXTURE; FLY; GENETICS; HEART; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; SALIVARY GLAND; SARCOLEMMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COMPLEX MIXTURES; DIPTERA; DNA PRIMERS; HEART; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NA(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; RATS; SALIVARY GLANDS; SARCOLEMMA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

DIPTERA; EQUUS CABALLUS; HYBOMITRA BIMACULATA; INSECTA; TABANIDAE; TABANUS ATRATUS;

EID: 32444450253     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02003     Document Type: Article

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