The Brazilian scorpion Tityus costatus Karsch: Genes, peptides and function

Toxicon

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 273-283

  Diego García, Elia ^a   Batista, Cesar V F ^a   García Gómez, Blanca I ^a   Lucas, Sylvia ^b   Candido, Denise M ^b   Gómez Lagunas, Froylan ^c   Possani, Lourival D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ion channel; Proteomics; Scorpion; Tityus costatus; Toxin

Indexed keywords

BUTANTOXIN LIKE PEPTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HEPTAPEPTIDE; INSECT TOXIN LIKE PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECT STING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCORPION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 15944409904     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.10.014     Document Type: Article

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