BmKK4, a novel toxin from the venom of Asian scorpion Buthus martensi Karsch, inhibits potassium currents in rat hippocampal neurons in vitro

Toxicon

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-205

  Li, Ming Hua ^a   Zhang, Nai Xia ^b   Chen, Xue Qin ^a   Wu, Gong ^b   Wu, Hou Ming ^b   Hu, Guo Yuan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

BmKK4; Buthus martensi Karsch; Hippocampus; Neurotoxin; Potassium channel; Scorpion

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD VENOM; PEPTIDE BMKK4; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KK TOXIN, BUTHUS MARTENSI; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SCORPION VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BUTHUS MARTENSI KARSCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORPION; STEADY STATE; ANIMAL; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

BUTHUS; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0141975289     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(03)00136-3     Document Type: Article

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