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In 1910, that would have been regarded as little short of communism.
These results are consistent with the recruitment model for transactivation and suggest that peptides may act as bridging molecules [ 3 ] . Such short peptidic sequences that activate transcription may be useful in the context of drug discovery.
The neurotoxin P2 (35 ammo acids), another short toxin and a structural homologue of short insectotoxin II and 15, shows toxicity towards Sarcophaga falculata and crustaceans [ 26 ] . Chlorotoxin, isolated from Leiurus quinquestriatus haebraeus, shows Cl -channel-blocking activity and causes paralysis due to the inhibition of structurally related anion channels such as the extrajunctional channels of arthropod muscles [ 11 ] . It has also been reported that the short insectotoxin I5A may act on a "glutamate receptor of the postsynaptic membrane" [ 22 ] . Although no specific experimental evidence is available on the mode of action of ButaIT, it is assumed that ButaIT exerts similar ion channel blocking activity as that of other short insect toxins.
Several posters in the "Fray" as well as the editor in question, Seymour Itzkoff, believed that Culturebox stopped just short of calling for a gag order.
A short walk along a path from the square is the elegant and richly decorated Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte (Our Lady of Monte), dedicated to Madeira’s patron saint.