Primary structure and synthesis of Imperatoxin A (IpTx(a), a peptide activator of Ca2+ release channels/ryanodine receptors

FEBS Letters

Volumn 405, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 385-389

  Zamudio, Fernando Z ^b   Gurrola, Georgina B ^a   Arévalo, Carolina ^a   Sreekumar, Raghava ^a   Walker, Jeffery W ^a   Valdivia, Hector H ^a   Possani, Lourival D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ca2+ release channel; Caffeine; Pandinus imperator scorpion venom; Sarcoplasmic reticulum; Synthetic peptide

Indexed keywords

IMPERATOXIN A; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; SCORPION VENOM; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ENVENOMATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030889224     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(97)00227-5     Document Type: Article

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