Structure of neurotoxin B-IV from the marine worm Cerebratulus lacteus: A helical hairpin cross-linked by disulphide bonding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 268, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 886-902

  Barnham, Kevin J ^a   Dyke, Timothy R ^a   Kem, William R ^b   Norton, Raymond S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disulphide connectivities; Neurotoxin; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Protein structure; Structure comparisons

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NEUROTOXIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CROSS LINKING; DISULFIDE BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TOXIN STRUCTURE; WORM;

EID: 0031584274     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0980     Document Type: Article

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