Biochemical and pharmacological characterization of a depressant insect toxin from the venom of the scorpion Buthacus arenicola

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 93-99

  Cestèle, Sandrine ^a   Kopeyan, Charles ^a   Oughideni, Razika ^a   Mansuelle, Pascal ^a   Granier, Claude ^a   Rochat, Hervé ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Insect sodium channel; Neurotoxin; Primary structure; Scorpion venom

Indexed keywords

INSECT VENOM; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOXICITY; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SCORPION;

EID: 0031020104     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.93_1a.x     Document Type: Article

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