The C-terminal region of ammodytoxins is important but not sufficient for neurotoxicity

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 269, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 5759-5764

  Prijatelj, Petra ^a   Križaj, Igor ^b   Kralj, Bogdan ^b   Gubenšek, Franc ^a,b   Pungerčar, Jože ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Calmodulin; Neuronal receptor; Phospholipase A2; Snake venom; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AMMODYTIN I2; AMMODYTOXIN A; BINDING PROTEIN; CALMODULIN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; SNAKE; TOXICOKINETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA PRIMERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; VIPER VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 18744388815     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03301.x     Document Type: Article

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