An excitatory scorpion toxin with a distinctive feature: An additional α helix at the C terminus and its implications for interaction with insect sodium channels

Structure

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1095-1103

  Oren, Deena A ^a   Froy, Oren ^b   Amit, Efrat ^a   Kleinberger Doron, Nurit ^a   Gurevitz, Michael ^b   Shaanan, Boaz ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Excitatory toxin; Insecticides; Scorpion toxin; Sodium channels

Indexed keywords

ANDROCTONUS; ANIMALIA; CENTRUROIDES; HEXAPODA; HOTTENTOTTA JUDAICA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0032530987     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(98)00111-7     Document Type: Article

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