Structural and functional differences of two toxins from the scorpion Pandinus imperator

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 441-449

  Klenk, K C ^a   Tenenholz, T C ^a   Matteson, D R ^a   Rogowski, R S ^a   Blaustein, M P ^a   Weber, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

K+ channel; NMR; Potassium channel; Scorpion toxins

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SCORPION VENOM;

ARTICLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SCORPION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034003122     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(20000301)38:4<441::AID-PROT9>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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