Evolutionary Trace Analysis of Scorpion Toxins Specific for K-Channels

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 361-370

  Zhu, Shunyi ^a   Huys, Isabelle ^a   Dyason, Karin ^b   Verdonck, Fons ^a   Tytgat, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Evolutionary epitopes; Functional diversification; Gene cloning; Molecular surface; Potassium channels; Scorpion toxins

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; ERG CHANNEL SPECIFIC TOXIN; LYSINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SCORPION ALPHA POTASSIUM CHANNEL TOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN BINDING; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

SCORPIONES;

EID: 0346458799     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10588     Document Type: Article

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