This work was supported by grants from the Guangdong Provincial Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 06300579), the Science Technology Research Key Project of the Educational Department of China (No. 207141) and the National Technology Development Plan (No. 2006AA02Z125)
Maxadilan is a potent vasodilatory peptide present in the salivary glands of the sand fly. Maxadilan and M65, a deletion variation of maxadilan, are agonist- and antagonist-specific for the PAC1 receptor. In order to ...