Interactions of δ-conotoxins with alkaloid neurotoxins reveal differences between the silent and effective binding sites on voltage- sensitive sodium channels

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2451-2460

  Shichor, Iris ^a   Fainzilber, Michael ^a,d   Pelhate, Marcel ^b   Malecot, Clair O ^b,e   Zlotkin, Eliahu ^a   Gordon, Dalia ^a,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Allosteric interaction; Batrachotoxin binding; Mollusk neuronal sodium channels; Toxin receptor site; Conotoxins

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CONOTOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; MOLLUSC; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CONUS GLORIAMARIS; CONUS TEXTILE; INSECTA; MOLLUSCA; SCORPIONES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029826273     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67062451.x     Document Type: Article

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