Synthesis and expression of the gene coding for noxiustoxin, a K+ channel-blocking peptide from the venom of the scorpion Centruroides noxius

Toxicon

Volumn 34, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 1413-1419

  Martinez, Fernando ^a   Becerril, Baltazar ^a   Gurrola, Georgina B ^a   Martin, Brian M ^b   Possani, Lourival D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; NOXIUSTOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA BINDING; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENES, SYNTHETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE BIOSYNTHESIS; PEPTIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SYNAPTOSOMES;

EID: 0030292939     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00092-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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