Precious natural peptides from spider venoms: New tools for studying potassium channels

Toxin Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 289-312

  Diochot, Sylvie ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Animal toxins; Gating modifiers; Inhibitor cystine knot molecules; Spider peptides

Indexed keywords

CYSTINE; DISULFIDE; PEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SPIDER VENOM;

BINDING AFFINITY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHANNEL GATING; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTRICITY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; ARANEAE; PROKARYOTA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 27544476433     PISSN: 07313837     EISSN: 15256057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07313830500237059     Document Type: Review

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