BjαIT: A novel scorpion α-toxin selective for insects - Unique pharmacological tool

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 187-195

  Arnon, Tal ^a   Potikha, Tamara ^a   Sher, Daniel ^a   Elazar, Menashe ^a   Mao, Wenfu ^a   Tal, Tzachy ^a   Bosmans, Frank ^b   Tytgat, Jan ^b   Ben Arie, Nissim ^a   Zlotkin, Eliahu ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alpha neurotoxins; Black Judean Scorpion; Insect selectivity; Scorpion venom; Voltage Gated Sodium Channels

Indexed keywords

ANDROCTONUS CRASSICAUDA; ANIMALIA; BUTHIDAE; HEXAPODA; HOTTENTOTTA; HOTTENTOTTA JUDAICA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; SCORPIONES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ALPHAIT TOXIN, BUTHOTUS JUDAICUS; SCORPION VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; INSECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SCORPION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 19944431668     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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