A biologically active hydrophobic T-1-conotoxin from the venom of Conus spurius

Peptides

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 500-505

  Aguilar, Manuel B ^a   Lezama Monfil, Leticia ^a   Maillo, María ^a,b   Pedraza Lara, Heriberto ^a   López Vera, Estuardo ^a,c   Heimer De La Cotera, Edgar P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone snail; Conidae; Conotoxin; Conus spurius; Hydrophobic; T 1 conotoxin

Indexed keywords

4 VINYLPYRIDINE; CONOTOXIN; CYSTEINE; DISULFIDE; N ETHYLMALEIMIDE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE SR5A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

ALKYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS SPURIUS; DISULFIDE BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLLUSK VENOMS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC;

CONIDAE; CONUS SPURIUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 33644681622     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2005.07.020     Document Type: Article

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