Evidence for a new class of scorpion toxin active against K+ channels

FEBS Letters

Volumn 431, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 375-380

  Legros, Christian ^a   Céard, Brigitte ^a   Bougis, Pierre E ^a   Martin Eauclaire, Marie France ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Defensin; Potassium channel; Scorpion; Toxin cDNA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEFENSIN; SCORPION VENOM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EVOLUTION; HEMOLYMPH; INSECT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DISULFIDES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SCORPION VENOMS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0345055320     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(98)00780-7     Document Type: Article

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