The cystine knot motif in toxins and implications for drug design

Toxicon

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-60

  Craik, David J ^a   Daly, Norelle L ^a   Waine, Clement ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyclic cystine knot; Cyclotides; Inhibitor cystine knot; Kalata; Knotted proteins

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CIRCULIN; CIRCULIN C; CIRCULIN D; CIRCULIN E; CIRCULIN F; CYCLOVIOLIN A; CYCLOVIOLIN B; CYCLOVIOLIN C; CYCLOVIOLIN D; CYSTINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIA; OMEGA CONOTOXIN MVIIC; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG DESIGN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ARANEAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 0035239222     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(00)00160-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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