Membrane potential modulators: A thread of scarlet from plants to humans

FASEB Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1793-1796

  Froy, Oren ^a   Gurevitz, Michael ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Evolution; MCD peptide; Neurotoxins; Structural motifs

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; DEFENSIN; ENDOTHELIN; MAST CELL DEGRANULATING PEPTIDE; NEUROTOXIN; POLYPEPTIDE; SARAFOTOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; THIONINE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; DISULFIDE BOND; EVOLUTION; EXON; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

APOIDEA; INSECTA; SCORPIONES; SERPENTES;

EID: 0031787537     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.12.15.1793     Document Type: Article

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