Purification and partial characterization of a 'short' insectotoxin-like peptide from the venom of the scorpion Parabuthus schlechteri

FEBS Letters

Volumn 441, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 387-391

  Tytgat, Jan ^a   Debont, Tom ^a   Rostoll, Karin ^b   Müller, Gert J ^c   Verdonck, Fons ^a   Daenens, Paul ^a   Van Der Walt, Jurg J ^b   Possani, Lourival D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Insectotoxin; Parabuthus; Peptide; Scorpion; Toxin; Venom

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; SCORPION VENOM; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SCORPION VENOMS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032423609     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(98)01589-0     Document Type: Article

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