A depressant insect-selective toxin analog from the venom of the scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus purification and structure/function characterization

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 44-49

  Moskowitz, Haim ^a   Herrmann, Rafael ^a   Jones, A Daniel ^b   Hammock, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressant insect toxin; Mode of action; Scorpion toxins

Indexed keywords

LQHIT5; NEUROTOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FLY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; INSECT PROTEINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SCORPION VENOMS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CALLIPHORIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEIURUS; LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS HEBRAEUS; MAMMALIA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0032523839     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2540044.x     Document Type: Article

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