Functional architectures of animal toxins: A clue to drug design?

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1557-1572

  Ménez, André ^a  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FASCICULIN; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN; SCORPION VENOM; SNAKE VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISULFIDE BOND; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; COBRA NEUROTOXINS; CUES; DRUG DESIGN; ELAPID VENOMS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLLUSCA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SCORPIONS; SNAKES; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0343671345     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00148-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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