Conus peptides - Combinatorial chemistry at a cone snail's pace

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 141-154

  Jones, Robert M ^a   Bulaj, Grzegorz ^b  

^a Cognetix Incorporated Department of Medicinal Chemistry ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Conotoxin; Cysteine; Disulfide bridge; Ion channels

Indexed keywords

CONANTOKIN G; CONOTOXIN; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; ION CHANNEL; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG NOMENCLATURE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW;

EID: 0033993994     PISSN: 13676733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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