Noxiustoxin 2, a novel K+ channel blocking peptide from the venom of the scorpion Centruroides noxius Hoffmann

Toxicon

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 913-922

  Nieto, Alejandro R ^a   Gurrola, Georgina B ^a   Vaca, Luis ^a,b   Possani, Lourival D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOXIUSTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SCORPION VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; BOVINAE; CENTRUROIDES NOXIUS; CRUSTACEA; GRYLLIDAE; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0030220027     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(96)00029-3     Document Type: Article

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