Computer modeling of binding of diverse weak toxins to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 72-81

  Mordvitsev, D Yu ^a   Polyak, Ya L ^a   Kuzmin, D A ^a   Levtsova, O V ^b   Tourleigh, Ye V ^b   Utkin, Yu N ^a   Shaitan, K V ^b   Tsetlin, V I ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Non conventional toxins; Snake three finger toxins; Toxin receptor complex; Weak toxins

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL TARGETS; NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; NON-CONVENTIONAL TOXINS; SNAKE VENOMS TOXINS; TOXIN-RECEPTOR COMPLEX;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUSCLE;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

BUCANDIN; BUNGAROTOXIN; CANDOXIN; COBROTOXIN; MUSCARINIC TOXIN 2; NEUROTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REPTILIAN PROTEIN; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RAT;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BUNGAROTOXINS; COBRA NEUROTOXINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELAPID VENOMS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEUROTOXINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REPTILIAN PROTEINS; SNAKE VENOMS;

EID: 34047128667     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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