Cloning, cDNA sequence analysis and patch clamp studies of a toxin from the venom of the armed spider (Phoneutria nigriventer)

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1971-1980

  Kalapothakis, E ^a   Penaforte, C L ^a   Leao R M ^a   Cruz, J S ^a   Prado, V F ^a   Cordeiro, M N ^b   Diniz, C R ^b   Romano Silva, M A ^a   Prado, M A M ^a   Gomez, M V ^a   Beirao P S L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SPIDER VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CLONING, ORGANISM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; SPIDER VENOMS;

ARANEAE; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER;

EID: 0032403418     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00127-5     Document Type: Article

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