Scorpion venom peptides without disulfide bridges

IUBMB Life

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-21

  Zeng, Xian Chun ^a,b   Corzo, Gerardo ^c   Hahin, Richard ^d  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Bradykinin potentiating peptide; Classification; Evolution; Intracellular signaling; Non disulfide bridged peptide (NDBP); Scorpion; Venom peptide

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DISULFIDE; NEUROTOXIN; SCORPION VENOM;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG MECHANISM; GENOME; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCORPION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRADYKININ; GENE COMPONENTS; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

SCORPIONES;

EID: 18344373480     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15216540500058899     Document Type: Review

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