A synthetic weak neurotoxin binds with low affinity to Torpedo and chicken α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 4247-4256

  Poh, Siew Lay ^a,b   Mourier, Gilles ^a   Thai, Robert ^a   Armugam, Arunmozhiarasi ^b   Molgó, Jordi ^c   Servent, Denis ^a   Jeyaseelan, Kandiah ^b   Ménez, André ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors; Snake neurotoxins

Indexed keywords

COBROTOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NEUROTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN WNTX 5; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRIC ORGAN; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FROG; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SOLID; SYNTHESIS; TORPEDO MARMORATA; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COBRA VENOMS; DISULFIDES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; NEURONS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SNAKE VENOMS; TORPEDO;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; ELAPIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; NAJA SPUTATRIX; SERPENTES; TORPEDO; TORPEDO MARMORATA;

EID: 0036042543     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03113.x     Document Type: Article

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