Characterization of Amm VIII from Androctonus mauretanicus mauretanicus: A new scorpion toxin that discriminates between neuronal and skeletal sodium channels

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 375, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 551-560

  Alami, Meriem ^a,b   Vacher, Hélène ^a   Bosmans, Frank ^c   Devaux, Christiane ^a   Rosso, Jean Pierre ^a   Bougis, Pierre E ^a   Tytgat, Jan ^c   Darbon, Hervé ^d   Martin Eauclaire, Marie France ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Institut Pasteur du Maroc   (Morocco)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

cDNA; Channel; Scorpion toxin; Voltage activated sodium

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; BIOASSAY; DNA; NEUROLOGY; TOXIC MATERIALS;

EPITOPES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

ALPHA TOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANDROCTONUS MAURETANICUS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCORPION; SCREENING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TOXICITY; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS; OOCYTES; SCORPION VENOMS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANDROCTONUS; ANDROCTONUS MAURETANICUS MAURETANICUS; INVERTEBRATA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0242468736     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20030688     Document Type: Article

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