Neurotoxin from black widow spider venom: Structure and function

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 391, Issue , 1996, Pages 231-236

  Grishin, E V ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA LATROTOXIN; ANKYRIN; CALCIUM ION; ION CHANNEL; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NEUROTOXIN; SPIDER VENOM;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SYNAPTOSOME;

EID: 0029991719     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0361-9_16     Document Type: Article

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