Scorpine, an anti-malaria and anti-bacterial agent purified from scorpion venom

FEBS Letters

Volumn 471, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 165-168

  Conde, Renaud ^a   Zamudio, Fernando Z ^a   Rodríguez, Mario H ^b   Possani, Lourival D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Malaria; Pandinus imperator; Plasmodium; Scorpine

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CECROPIN; PEPTIDE; SCORPINE; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIMALARIALS; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEFENSINS; DISULFIDES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMETOGENESIS; GERM CELLS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTEINS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PANDINUS IMPERATOR; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0034646815     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01384-3     Document Type: Article

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