Purification, amino-acid sequence and partial characterization of two toxins with anti-insect activity from the venom of the South American scorpion Tityus bahiensis (Buthidae)

Toxicon

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1009-1019

  Pimenta, Adriano M C ^a   Martin Eauclaire, Marie France ^b   Rochat, Hervé ^b   Figueiredo, Suely G ^c   Kalapothakis, Evanguedes ^a   Afonso, Luiz Carlos C ^d   De Lima, Maria Elena ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b IFR Jean Roche   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti insect activity; Three dimensional models; Tityus bahiensis; Toxin

Indexed keywords

BETA TOXIN; INSECTICIDE; SCORPION VENOM; TITYUS BAHIENSIS INSECT TOXIN I; TITYUS BAHIENSIS TOXIN 2 II; TITYUS TOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSECT; LETHALITY; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SCORPION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRYLLIDAE; HOUSEFLIES; INSECTS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PERIPLANETA; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

BUTHIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MUSCA DOMESTICA; MUSCIDAE; SCORPIONES; TITYUS; TITYUS BAHIENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035401349     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(00)00240-3     Document Type: Article

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