A novel short neurotoxin, cobrotoxin c, from monocellate cobra (Naja kaouthia) venom: Isolation and purification, primary and secondary structure determination, and tertiary structure modeling

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 113-121

  Meng, Qing Xiong ^a   Wang, Wan Yu ^a   Lu, Qiu Min ^a   Jin, Yang ^a   Wei, Ji Fu ^a   Zhu, Shao Wen ^a   Xiong, Yu Liang ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Cobrotoxin c; Comparative structure modeling; Functional domain; Lethal toxicity; Naja kaouthia; Short neurotoxin; Snake venom; Three finger proteins

Indexed keywords

COBROTOXIN C; NEUROTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; FEMALE; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LD 50; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNAKE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

NAJA; NAJA KAOUTHIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036259039     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(02)00049-2     Document Type: Article

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