Black widow spider α-latrotoxin: A presynaptic neurotoxin that shares structural homology with the glucagon-like peptide-1 family of insulin secretagogic hormones

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-184

  Holz, George G ^a,b   Habener, Joel F ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Exocytosis; G protein coupled receptor; Insulin secretion; Pancreatic cell; Peptide hormone; Presynaptic neurotoxin; Stimulus secretion coupling

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LATROTOXIN; CALCIUM; EXEDIN 4; GLUCAGON; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EXOCYTOSIS; INSULIN RELEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND VARIABILITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; GILA; HELODERMA SUSPECTUM; LATRODECTUS; LATRODECTUS TREDECIMGUTTATUS; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032429466     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)10088-3     Document Type: Article

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