Scorpion toxins specific for Na+-channels

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 287-300

  Possani, Lourival D ^a   Becerril, Baltazar ^a   Delepierre, Muriel ^b   Tytgat, Jan ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Na+ channel; Nucleotide sequence; Scorpion toxin; Three dimensional structure

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHANNEL GATING; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SCORPION; SHORT SURVEY; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SCORPION VENOMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0033200140     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00625.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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