How do snake curaremimetic toxins discriminate between nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 102-103, Issue , 1998, Pages 199-203

  Servent, D ^a   Mourier, G ^a   Antil, S ^a   Menez A ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Curaremimetic toxins; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Snake toxins

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SNAKE VENOM;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DISULFIDE BOND; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TORPEDO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COBRA VENOMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TORPEDO; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

SERPENTES;

EID: 18144437490     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00307-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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