PnTx4-3, a new insect toxin from Phoneutria nigriventer venom elicits the glutamate uptake inhibition exhibited by PhTx4 toxic fraction

Toxicon

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 793-800

  Oliveira, Leida Calegário ^a   De Lima, Maria Elena ^a   Pimenta, Adriano M C ^a   Mansuelle, Pascal ^b   Rochat, Hervé ^b   Cordeiro, Marta N ^a,c   Richardson, Michael ^a,c   Figueiredo, Suely G ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Laboratoire de Biochimie Ingnierie des Protines   (France)

^c FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Glutamate uptake; Insect toxin; Phoneutria nigriventer

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; INSECT VENOM; NEUROTOXIN; NEUROTOXIN PNTX4 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SYNAPTOSOME; COCKROACH; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; HOUSE FLY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MUSCIDAE; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 1642452826     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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