A branched peptide mimotope of the nicotinic receptor binding site is a potent synthetic antidote against the snake neurotoxin α-bungarotoxin

Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 32, 2002, Pages 10194-10199

  Bracci, Luisa ^a   Lozzi, Luisa ^a   Pini, Alessandro ^a   Lelli, Barbara ^a   Falciani, Chiara ^a   Niccolai, Neri ^a   Bernini, Andrea ^a   Spreafico, Adriano ^a   Soldani, Patrizia ^a   Neri, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTORS;

POLYPEPTIDES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMICS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; ANTIDOTE; MONOMER; NEUROTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE; VENOM;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; IC 50; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; SNAKE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BUNGAROTOXINS; EPITOPES; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIGANDS; MICE; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

SERPENTES;

EID: 0037072268     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0256025     Document Type: Article

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