Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of volvatoxin A2 from Volvariella volvacea

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 141-142

  Lin, Su Chang ^a   Lin, Jung Yaw ^b   Liaw, Yen Chywan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cardiotoxin; hemolysis; ion channel toxicology; mushroom

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; MACROGOL 4000; PLANT TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLVATOXIN A2;

ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG ISOLATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MYCOTOXINS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030060431     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199601)24:1<141::AID-PROT11>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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