A depressant insect toxin with a novel analgesic effect from scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology

Volumn 1549, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-18

  Guan, Rong Jin ^a   Wang, Chun Guang ^a   Wang, Miao ^a   Wang, Da Cheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Analgesic effect; Characterization; Depressant insect toxin; Purification; Scorpion toxin; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FLY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SCORPION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; INSECTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SCORPION VENOMS;

BUTHUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0035839998     PISSN: 01674838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(01)00241-2     Document Type: Article

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