Tarantula toxins interact with voltage sensors within lipid membranes

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 497-511

  Milescu, Mirela ^a   Vobecky, Jan ^a   Roh, Soung H ^b   Kim, Sung H ^b   Jung, Hoi J ^b   Jae, Il Kim ^b   Swartz, Kenton J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HANATOXIN; ION CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; SPHINGOMYELINASE D; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OOCYTE; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SENSOR; SPIDER; STEREOCHEMISTRY; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPIDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OOCYTES; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 35648975390     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200709869     Document Type: Article

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