Solution structure of crotamine, a Na+ channel affecting toxin from Crotalus durissus terrificus venom

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1969-1979

  Nicastro, Giuseppe ^a   Franzoni, Lorella ^a   De Chiara, Cesira ^a   Mancin, Adriana C ^b   Giglio, Josè R ^b   Spisni, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

defensin; Myotoxin; NMR; Scorpion toxin; Structure

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN; CROTAMINE; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; DRUG STRUCTURE; LIPID MEMBRANE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SNAKE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SCORPION VENOMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SODIUM CHANNELS;

CROTALUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; SCORPIONES; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038368094     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03563.x     Document Type: Article

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