Functional expression and characterization of four novel neurotoxins from sea anemone Anthopleura sp.

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 313, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 163-170

  Wang, Lei ^a   Ou, Jingxing ^a   Peng, Lisheng ^a   Zhong, Xiaofen ^a   Du, Jianyang ^a   Liu, Yushan ^a   Huang, Yushan ^a   Liu, Wenhua ^a   Zhang, Yuan ^a   Dong, Meiling ^a   Xu, An Long ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contractile force; Fusion expression; Neurotoxin; Recombinant neurotoxin; Sea anemone

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; HK16A NEUROTOXIN; HK2A NEUROTOXIN; HK7A NEUROTOXIN; HK8A NEUROTOXIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NEUROTOXIN; THIOREDOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART STIMULATION; ISOLATED ORGAN; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; SEA ANEMONE;

ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; ANTHOPLEURA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 10744233111     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.11.102     Document Type: Article

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