Functional analysis of the α-neurotoxin, BmαTX14, derived from the Chinese scorpion, Buthus martensii Karsch

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 1767-1772

  Wang, Kun ^a   Yin, Shi Jin ^a   Lu, Meng ^a   Yi, Hong ^a   Dai, Chao ^a   Xu, Xiu Jing ^a   Cao, Zhi Jian ^a   Wu, Ying Liang ^a   Li, Wen Xin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Homology modeling; Neurotoxin; Scorpion; Sodium current channel; Trigeminal root ganglion

Indexed keywords

HOMOLOGY MODELING; NEUROTOXIN; SCORPION; SODIUM CURRENT CHANNEL; TRIGEMINAL ROOT GANGLION;

AMINO ACIDS; DNA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FILTRATION; GELS; GENES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NEUROLOGY; PROTEINS;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ALPHA NEUROTOXIN TX14, BUTHUS MARTENSII; ALPHA-NEUROTOXIN TX14, BUTHUS MARTENSII; NEUROTOXIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATCH CLAMP; PICHIA; SCORPION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; GENE LIBRARY; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICHIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; PICHIA PASTORIS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 33749007644     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-006-9155-y     Document Type: Article

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