A comparative study on selectivity of α-conotoxins GI and ImI using their synthetic analogues and derivatives

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 599-606

  Kasheverov, Igor E ^a   Zhmak, Maxim N ^a   Maslennikov, Innokenty V ^a   Utkin, Yuri N ^a   Tsetlin, Victor I ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Conotoxins; Analogues; CD spectroscopy; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Radioligand assay

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CONOTOXIN GI; ALPHA CONOTOXIN IMI; CONOTOXIN; DIMER; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG SELECTIVITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TARGETING; MEMBRANE BINDING; MUSCLE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIODINATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONOTOXINS; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TORPEDO;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TORPEDO; TORPEDO CALIFORNICA;

EID: 0037375696     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022889827195     Document Type: Article

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