Crystal structure of an acidic neurotoxin from scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch at 1.85 Å resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 415-431

  Li, Hong Min ^a   Wang, Da Cheng ^a   Zeng, Zong Hao ^a   Jin, Lei ^a   Hu, Ren Qiu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Acidic neurotoxin; Crystal structure; Scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch; Toxin receptor interaction

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; SCORPION VENOM;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOELECTRIC POINT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R FACTOR; SCORPION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANDROCTONUS; ANDROCTONUS AUSTRALIS HECTOR; BUTHUS; CENTRUROIDES SCULPTURATUS; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0030598925     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0473     Document Type: Article

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