Solution structure of toxin 2 from Centruroides noxius Hoffmann, a β-scorpion neurotoxin acting on sodium channels

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 359-367

  Pintar, Alessandro ^a   Possani, Lourival D ^b   Delepierre, Muriel ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

3D structure; Cn2; NMR; Scorpion toxins; Sodium channels

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; NOXIUSTOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

CENTRUROIDES NOXIUS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0033605851     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2611     Document Type: Article

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