BmTx3, a scorpion toxin with two putative functional faces separately active on A-type K+ and HERG currents

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 378, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 745-752

  Huys, Isabelle ^a   Xu, Chen Qi ^b   Wang, Cheng Zhong ^b,c   Vacher, Hélène ^d   Martin Eauclaire, Marie France ^d   Chi, Cheng Wu ^b,e   Tytgat, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Buthus martensi Karsch; Gene cloning; Phylogenetic tree; Potassium channel; Scorpion toxin; Structure modelling

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DNA; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; POLYPEPTIDES; POSITIVE IONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHANNEL BLOCKERS; PHYLOGENETICS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ARGININE; CHARYBDOTOXIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LYSINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; PROTEIN BMTX3; SCORPION VENOM; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SCORPION VENOMS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; BUTHUS; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 1642546220     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20031324     Document Type: Article

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