Two new scorpion toxins that target voltage-gated Ca2+ and Na+ channels

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 299, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 562-568

  Olamendi Portugal, Timoteo ^a   Inés García, Blanca ^a   López González, Ignacio ^a   Van der Walt, Jurg ^b   Dyason, Karin ^b   Ulens, Chris ^c   Tytgat, Jan ^c   Felix, Ricardo ^d   Darszon, Alberto ^a   Possani, Lourival D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ca2+ channel; Kurtoxin; Na+ channel; Scorpion toxin; Sperm; Spermatogenic cells; T type Ca2+ channel

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; CALCIUM ION; ION CHANNEL; PEPTIDE; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; GERM CELL; HEART; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCORPION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM CHANNELS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPERMATOGONIA; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

PARABUTHUS; PARABUTHUS GRANULATUS; PARABUTHUS TRANSVAALICUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0036929248     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02706-7     Document Type: Article

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