Molecular characterization of a possible progenitor sodium channel toxin from the Old World scorpion Mesobuthus martensii

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 5979-5987

  Zhu, S ^a   Gao, B ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Disulfide bridge; Functional evolution; Gene structure; Ion channel; Peptide scaffold; Toxin origin

Indexed keywords

MESOTOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; EXON; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM CHANNELS;

MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 33750044906     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.09.071     Document Type: Article

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