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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
78
Citations
32338
World Ranking
4455
National Ranking
67

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1986 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1976 - William Beaumont Prize, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)

Overview

Viktor Mutt is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, a prominent institution known for medical research and education.

Mutt's academic contributions have been recognized through significant awards. In 1976, they received the William Beaumont Prize from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA). Additionally, Mutt was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1986.

Best Publications

  • Neuropeptide Y-a novel brain peptide with structural similarities to peptide YY and pancreatic polypeptide

    Kazuhiko Tatemoto;Mats Carlquist;Viktor Mutt

  • Polypeptide with Broad Biological Activity: Isolation from Small Intestine

    Sami I. Said;Viktor Mutt

  • Galanin — a novel biologically active peptide from porcine intestine

    Kazuhiko Tatemoto;Åke Rökaeus;Hans Jörnvall;Thomas J. McDonald

  • Neuropeptide Y (NPY)‐like immunoreactivity in peripheral noradrenergic neurons and effects of NPY on sympathetic function

    Jan M. Lundberg;Lars Terenius;Tomas Hökfelt;Claes R. Martling

  • Characterization of a gastrin releasing peptide from porcine non-antral gastric tissue.

    T.J. McDonald;H. Jörnvall;G. Nilsson;M. Vagne

  • Pancreastatin, a novel pancreatic peptide that inhibits insulin secretion

    Kazuhiko Tatemoto;Saud Efendić;Viktor Mutt;George Makk

  • Isolation of two novel candidate hormones using a chemical method for finding naturally occurring polypeptides

    Kazuhiko Tatemoto;Viktor Mutt

  • N-terminally extended somatostatin: the primary structure of somatostatin-28

    Lucien Pradayrol;Hans Jörnvall;Viktor Mutt;André Ribet

  • Isolation from Porcine‐Intestinal Wall of a Vasoactive Octacosapeptide Related to Secretin and to Glucagon

    Sami I. Said;Viktor Mutt

  • Structure of Porcine Cholecystokinin‐Pancreozymin

    V. Mutt;J. E. Jorpes

  • Antibacterial peptides from pig intestine: isolation of a mammalian cecropin

    Jong-Youn Lee;Anita Boman;Sun Chuanxin;Mats Andersson

  • Isolation and characterization of the intestinal peptide porcine PHI (PHI-27), a new member of the glucagon--secretin family.

    Kazuhiko Tatemoto;Viktor Mutt

  • Structure of the porcine vasoactive intestinal octacosapeptide. The amino-acid sequence. Use of kallikrein in its determination.

    Viktor Mutt;Sami I. Said

  • Vasoactive intestinal peptide

    Sami I Said;Viktor Mutt

  • Amino acid sequence of PR-39. Isolation from pig intestine of a new member of the family of proline-arginine-rich antibacterial peptides.

    Birgitta Agerberth;Jong-Youn Lee;Tomas Bergman;Mats Carlquist

  • Potent Peripheral and Splanchnic Vasodilator Peptide from Normal Gut

    Sami I. Said;Viktor Mutt

  • Neuropeptide K: isolation, structure and biological activities of a novel brain tachykinin.

    Kazuhiko Tatemoto;Jan M. Lundberg;Hans Jörnvall;Viktor Mutt

  • Hormonal polypeptides of the upper intestine.

    V Mutt;E Jorpes

  • Neuropeptide Y (NPY)‐ and FMRFamide neuropeptide‐like immunoreactivities in catecholamine neurons of the rat medulla oblongata

    Tomas Hökfelt;Jan M. Lundberg;Kazuhiko Tatemoto;Viktor Mutt

  • Chemical determination of polypeptide hormones.

    Kazuhiko Tatemoto;Viktor Mutt

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Jörnvall
Hans Jörnvall Karolinska Institute
Suad Efendic
Suad Efendic Karolinska Institute
Hans G. Boman
Hans G. Boman Karolinska Institute
Tomas Hökfelt
Tomas Hökfelt Karolinska Institute
Birgitta Agerberth
Birgitta Agerberth Karolinska Institute
Tomas Bergman
Tomas Bergman Karolinska Institute
Kjell Fuxe
Kjell Fuxe Karolinska Institute
Jean Martinez
Jean Martinez University of Montpellier
Jerry D. Gardner
Jerry D. Gardner National Institutes of Health
Werner Creutzfeldt
Werner Creutzfeldt University of Göttingen

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