Cobatoxins 1 and 2 from Centruroides noxius Hoffmann constitute a subfamily of potassium-channel-blocking scorpion toxins

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 468-479

  Selisko, Barbara ^a   Garcia, Consuelo ^a   Becerril, Baltazar ^a   Gómez Lagunas, Froylan ^a   Garay, Carlos ^a   Possani, Lourival D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Centruroides noxius; Cobatoxin; Potassium channel; Scorpion toxin; K toxin

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SCORPION VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DISULFIDE BOND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

CENTRUROIDES NOXIUS; INVERTEBRATA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0032526266     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2540468.x     Document Type: Article

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