Diversification of neurotoxins by C-tail 'wiggling': A scorpion recipe for survival

FASEB Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1201-1205

  Gurevitz, Michael ^a   Gordon, Dalia ^a   Ben Natan, Sharon ^a   Turkov, Michael ^a   Froy, Oren ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bioactive surface; Scorpion neurotoxin; Toxic polypeptides

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; POLYPEPTIDE; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SCORPION VENOMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SODIUM CHANNELS;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; SCORPIONES; SERPENTES;

EID: 0035011099     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.00-0571hyp     Document Type: Article

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