Comparative pharmacology and cloning of two novel arachnid sodium channels: Exploring the adaptive insensitivity of scorpion to its toxins

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 4508-4514

  Zuo, Xiao Pan ^a,b   He, Hui Qiong ^a,b   He, Ming ^a,b   Liu, Zhi Rui ^a,b   Xu, Qing ^a,b   Ye, Jian Guo ^a,b   Ji, Yong Hua ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive insensitivity; Binding properties; Receptor site; Scorpion toxins; Sodium channel

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SCORPION; SYNAPTOSOME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPIDERS; SYNAPTOSOMES;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; ORNITHOCTONUS HUWENA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 33746531727     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.07.024     Document Type: Article

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