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maxadilan protein, insect
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: Proteins found in any species of insect.
/drug eff /ultrastruct permitted; /physiol permitted for function within the insect; coord IM with specific protein (IM) + specific insect (IM)
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Proteins, Insect
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maxadilan protein, insect
peptide from salivary glands of the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis; has 500 times the vasodilator avtivity of calcitonin gene-related peptide
135374-80-0 Maxadilan
*Insect Proteins
Salivary Proteins and Peptides
Pharma Action
Vasodilator Agents
J Biol Chem 1991;266(17):11234