Identification of three novel peptides isolated from the venom of the neotropical social wasp Polistes major major

Journal of Peptide Science

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 445-450

  Čeřovský, Václav ^a,c   Pohl, Jan ^b   Yang, Zhihua ^a   Alam, Naseer ^a   Attygalle, Athula B ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chemotactic peptides; Mass spectrometry; Mastoparans; Polistes major major; Wasp kinins

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; ISOLEUCYLASPARAGINYLTRYPTOPHYLLYSYLLYSYLISOLEUCYLALANYLSERYLISOLEUCYLGLYCYLLYSYLGLUTAMYLVALYLLEUCYLLYSYLALANYLLEUCINAMIDE; LYSYLARGINYLARGINYLPROLYLPROLYLGLYCYLPHENYLALANYLTHREONYLPROLYLPHENYLALANYLARGININE; MASTOPARAN; PHENYLALANYLLEUCYLSERYLALANYLLEUCYLLEUCYLGLYCYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLLYSYLASPARAGINYLLEUCINAMIDE; TETRADECAPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASP VENOM;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLISTES MAJOR MAJOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; WASP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; WASP VENOMS; WASPS;

POLISTES MAJOR;

EID: 34447555959     PISSN: 10752617     EISSN: 10991387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psc.860     Document Type: Article

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