Solution structure of the sodium channel antagonist conotoxin GS: A new molecular caliper for probing sodium channel geometry

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 571-583

  Hill, Justine M ^a   Alewood, Paul F ^a   Craik, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

cis peptide bond; NMR spectroscopy; carboxyglutamic acid; trans hydroxyproline; conotoxin

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CONUS GEOGRAPHUS; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0031569801     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00212-8     Document Type: Article

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