Current views on scorpion toxins specific for K+-channels

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 865-875

  Rodríguez De La Vega, Ricardo C ^a   Possani, Lourival D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Evolution; K+ channel; Scorpion toxin

Indexed keywords

AGITOXIN; BUTANTOXIN; CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; CHARYBDOTOXIN; COBATOXIN; HEFUTOXIN; HONGOTOXIN; IBERIOTOXIN; INSECTOXIN; KALIOTOXIN; LEIUROTOXIN I; LIMBATOTOXIN; MARGATOXIN; MARTENTOXIN; MAUROTOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; NOXIUSTOXIN; PEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SCORPION VENOM; SLOTOXIN; TAMULUSTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

SCORPIONES;

EID: 17744406515     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.03.022     Document Type: Review

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