Molecular characterization of an anti-epilepsy peptide from the scorpion Buthus martensi Karsch

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 268, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2480-2485

  Wang, Chun Guang ^a,b   He, Xiao Lin ^b   Shao, Feng ^b   Liu, Wei ^b   Ling, Min Hua ^a   Wang, Da Cheng ^b   Chi, Cheng Wu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Amidation; Epilepsy; RACE; Scorpion neurotoxin; Sequence

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; NEUROTOXIN; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE BMK; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMIDATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; EPILEPSY; GENETIC CODE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXICITY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GLYCINE; INSECTS; LYSINE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PEPTIDES; RATS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BUTHUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0035012410     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02132.x     Document Type: Article

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