Purification, characterization and molecular modelling of two toxin-like proteins from the Androctonus australis Hector venom

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 5614-5620

  Srairi Abid, Najet ^a   Mansuelle, Pascal ^b   Mejri, Thouraya ^a   Karoui, Habib ^a   Rochat, Hervé ^b   Sampieri, François ^b   El Ayeb, Mohamed ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Homology modelling; Scorpion toxin; Structure function relationships; Toxin like protein

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; MALE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROSTATICS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033851084     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01632.x     Document Type: Article

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