A cyclic peptide with high affinity to α-bungarotoxin protects mice from the lethal effect of the toxin

Toxicon

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1045-1051

  Balass, M ^a   Kalef, E ^a   Fuchs, S ^a   Katchalski Katzir, E ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bungarotoxin inhibitor; Anti toxin; Cyclic peptide; NMR based cysteine replacement; Peptide inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CYCLOPEPTIDE; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; PEPTIDE LIBRARY; SNAKE VENOM; TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYCLIZATION; CYSTEINE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; TORPEDO;

BUNGARUS MULTICINCTUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0035401335     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(00)00244-0     Document Type: Article

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