Expression of the standard scorpion alpha-toxin AaH II and AaH II mutants leading to the identification of some key bioactive elements

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1723, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 91-99

  Legros, Christian ^a,b   Céard, Brigitte ^a   Vacher, Hélène ^a   Marchot, Pascale ^a   Bougis, Pierre E ^a   Martin Eauclaire, Marie France ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Alpha toxin; Heterologous expression; Scorpion; Voltage activated sodium channel

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

AMIDATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; MALE; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SCORPION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANDROCTONUS AUSTRALIS HECTOR; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 19744378859     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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