Insect-selective spider toxins targeting voltage-gated sodium channels

Toxicon

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 490-512

  Nicholson, Graham M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

palutoxins; Hainantoxin; Insecticide; Magi toxins; Spider toxins; Voltage gated sodium channel

Indexed keywords

CURTATOXIN; DELTA PALUTOXIN; MU AGATOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; PROTEIN MAGI2; PROTEIN TX4; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHANNEL GATING; INSECT CONTROL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIDER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; INSECT PROTEINS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MYGALOMORPHAE; SCORPIONES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847416219     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.11.027     Document Type: Review

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