Neurotoxic peptides in the multicomponent venom of the Spider Cupiennius Salei part I. Primary structure of neurotonic peptides in relation to their biological function

Chimia

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1058-1062

  Schaller, Johann ^a   Kuhn Nentwig, Lucia ^b   Schürch, Stefan ^a   Kämpfer, Urs ^a   Müller, Jürg ^b   Nentwig, Wolfgang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Zoologischen Institut der Universitat Bern   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Cupiennius salei; Inhibitor cystine knot structural motif; Pattern of the disulphide bridges; Spider toxins cstx 1 Cstx 13

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039192919     PISSN: 00094293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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