Cloning and characterization of novel snake venom proteins that block smooth muscle contraction

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2708-2715

  Yamazaki, Yasuo ^a   Koike, Hisashi ^a   Sugiyama, Yusuke ^a   Motoyoshi, Kazuko ^a   Wada, Taeko ^a   Hishinuma, Shigeru ^a   Mita, Mitsuo ^a   Morita, Takashi ^a  

^a MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ablomin; Cysteine rich secretory proteins; Helothermine; Neurotoxin; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

ABLOMIN; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; HELOTHERMINE; LATISEMIN; NEUROTOXIN; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; SNAKE VENOM; TRIFLIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON BLOMHOFFI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; HELODERMA HORRIDUM HORRIDUM; LIZARD; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SNAKE; TAIL;

AGKISTRODON; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROTALID VENOMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; NEUROTOXINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AGKISTRODON; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; GLOYDIUS BLOMHOFFI; HELODERMA; HELODERMA HORRIDUM HORRIDUM; HELODERMA SP.; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036272410     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.02940.x     Document Type: Article

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