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... > Fluids and Secretions > Bodily Secretions > Venoms > Arthropod Venoms > Bee Venoms > Melitten
... > Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Venoms > Arthropod Venoms > Bee Venoms > Melitten
Complex Mixtures > Venoms > Arthropod Venoms > Bee Venoms > Melitten
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Antimicrobial Peptides > Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides > Melitten
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Membrane Proteins > Pore Forming Cytotoxic Proteins > Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides > Melitten

Preferred term

Melitten  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Melittin
  • Mellitin

Note

  • /antag permitted but consider also ANTIVENINS

Scope note

  • Basic polypeptide from the venom of the honey bee (Apis mellifera). It contains 26 amino acids, has cytolytic properties, causes contracture of muscle, releases histamine, and disrupts surface tension, probably due to lysis of cell and mitochondrial membranes.

History note

  • 91(75); was see under BEE VENOMS 1978-90; was see under VENOMS 1975-77

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008555

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