Molecular determinants of binding of a wasp toxin (PMTXs) and its analogs in the Na+ channels proteins

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-32

  Konno, Katsuhiro ^a   Hisada, Miki ^b   Naoki, Hideo ^b   Itagaki, Yasuhiro ^b   Yasuhara, Tadashi ^c   Nakata, Yoshihiro ^d   Miwa, Akiko ^e   Kawai, Nobufumi ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Univ A   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Tokyo Metropol Inst N   (Japan)

^f JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inactivation; Neuromuscular synapse; Neurotoxin; PMTX; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; LYSINE; NEUROTOXIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; WASP VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LOBSTER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; INSECT PROTEINS; NEPHROPIDAE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROTOXINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SODIUM CHANNELS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WASP VENOMS;

EID: 0034607606     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01017-X     Document Type: Article

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