Amino acid sequence and function of a new α-toxin from the Amazonian scorpion Tityus cambridgei

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 737-740

  Murgia, Anna Rosa ^a   Batista, Cesar V F ^b   Prestipino, Gianfranco ^a   Possani, Lourival D ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Na+ channel; Patch clamp; Scorpion toxin; Tityus cambridgei

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; SODIUM; SULFIDE; TITYUS TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATOM; BRAZIL; CELL CULTURE; HYPOPHYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORPION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PITUITARY GLAND; SCORPION VENOMS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

SCORPIONES; TITYUS; TITYUS CAMBRIDGEI;

EID: 1942468712     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.02.014     Document Type: Article

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