Primary structure and electrophysiological characterization of two almost identical isoforms of toxin from Isometrus vittatus (family: Buthidae) scorpion venom

Toxicon

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 989-997

  Coronas, F V ^a   Stankiewicz, M ^b   Batista, C V F ^a   Giraud, S ^c   Alam, J M ^d   Possani, L D ^a   Mebs, D ^e   Pelhate, M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^d Liaquat National Postgraduate Medical Institute   (Pakistan)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti insect toxin; Axonal membrane; Cockroach isolated axon; Isometrus vittatus; Scorpion toxin

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM; ISOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NERVE FIBER MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCORPION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SODIUM TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE FIBER; PATCH CLAMP;

ANDROCTONUS; BLATTARIA; BUTHIDAE; HOTTENTOTTA; INSECTA; SCORPIONES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AXONS; COCKROACHES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0142056149     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(03)00071-0     Document Type: Article

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