Phaiodotoxin, a novel structural class of insect-toxin isolated from the venom of the Mexican scorpion Anuroctonus phaiodactylus

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 23-24, 2004, Pages 4753-4761

  Valdez Cruz, Norma A ^a   Batista, Cesar V F ^a   Zamudio, Fernando Z ^a   Bosmans, Frank ^b   Tytgat, Jan ^b   Possani, Lourival D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anuroctonus phaiodactylus; Disulfide bridges; Insect toxin; Na + channel; Scorpion

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; INSECT VENOM; PHAIODOTOXIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MAMMAL CELL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DISULFIDES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ION CHANNEL GATING; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM CHANNELS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANUROCTONUS PHAIODACTYLUS; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 11244280833     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04439.x     Document Type: Article

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