Discovery and characterization of the short κA-conotoxins: A novel subfamily of excitatory conotoxins

Toxicon

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 318-328

  Teichert, Russell W ^a   Jacobsen, Richard ^a   Terlau, Heinrich ^b   Yoshikami, Doju ^a   Olivera, Baldomero M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antagonist; Conotoxin; Conus peptide; Conus venom; Excitatory; Toxin

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; CYSTEINE; KAPPA A PIVE CONOTOXIN; KAPPA A PIVF CONOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONUS PURPURASCENS; CONUS SNAIL; DOSE RESPONSE; EXCITOTOXICITY; FISH; FROG; HYPERACTIVITY; IMMOBILIZATION; MOTOR NERVE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SEPTIC SHOCK; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GOLDFISH; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROTOXINS; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RANA PIPIENS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; XENOPUS;

ANURA; CONUS PURPURASCENS; CONUS TULIPA;

EID: 33846782930     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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