Makatoxin I, a novel toxin isolated from the venom of the scorpion Buthus martensi Karsch, exhibits nitrergic actions

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 272, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 8320-8324

  Gong, JianPing ^a   Manjunatha Kini, R ^a   Gwee, Matthew C E ^a   Gopalakrishnakone, P ^a   Chung, Maxey C M ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANOCOCCYGEUS MUSCLE; ARTICLE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

EID: 1842365467     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.13.8320     Document Type: Article

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