Snake venom α-neurotoxins and other 'three-finger' proteins

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 281-286

  Tsetlin, Victor ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

'three finger' proteins; Acetylcholine receptors; Binding surfaces; Neurotoxins; Primary structure; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SNAKE VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SHORT SURVEY; SNAKE; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COBRA NEUROTOXINS; CONOTOXINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SNAKE VENOMS;

MAMMALIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0033198876     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00623.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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