α-Conotoxins as tools for the elucidation of structure and function of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2305-2319

  Nicke, Annette ^a   Wonnacott, Susan ^b   Lewis, Richard J ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b University of Bath ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

conotoxins; Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subtypes; Pharmacology; Venom peptides; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CONOTOXIN; ALPHA CONOTOXIN IMI; ALPHA CONOTOXIN IMII; CONOTOXIN; GLYCYLCYSTEINYLCYSTEINYLSERYLASPARAGINYLPROLYLVALYLCYSTEINYLHISTIDYLLEUCYLG LUTAMYLHISTIDYLSERYLASPARAGINYLLEUCYLCYSTEINE; GLYCYLCYSTEINYLCYSTEINYLSERYLASPARTYLPROLYLARGINYLCYSTEINYLASPARAGINYLMETHI ONYLASPARAGINYLASPARAGINYLPROLYLCYSTEINYLTYROSYLCYSTEINE; GLYCYLCYSTEINYLCYSTEINYLSERYLLEUCYLPROLYLPROLYLCYSTEINYLALANYLALANYLASPARAG INYLASPARAGINYLPROLYLASPARTYLTYROSYLCYSTEINE; GLYCYLCYSTEINYLCYSTEINYLSERYLLEUCYLPROLYLPROLYLCYSTEINYLALANYLALANYLSERYLAS PARAGINYLPROLYLASPARTYLTYROSYLCYSTEINE; GLYCYLCYSTEINYLCYSTEINYLSERYLLEUCYLPROLYLPROLYLCYSTEINYLALANYLLEUCYLASPARAG INYLASPARAGINYLPROLYLASPARTYLTYROSYLCYSTEINE; GLYCYLCYSTEINYLCYSTEINYLSERYLLEUCYLPROLYLPROLYLCYSTEINYLALANYLLEUCYLSERYLAS PARAGINYLPROLYLASPARTYLTYROSYLCYSTEINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; SNAIL VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SHORT SURVEY; SNAIL; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CONOTOXINS; DRUG DESIGN; LIGANDS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURONS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3042606237     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04145.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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