Two novel ergtoxins, blockers of K+-channels, purified from the Mexican scorpion Centruroides elegans elegans

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1525-1533

  Restano Cassulini, Rita ^a   Olamendi Portugal, Timoteo ^a   Zamudio, Fernando ^a   Becerril, Baltazar ^a   Possani, Lourival Domingos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CeErg4; CeErg5; Centruroides elegans elegans; ERG channel; Ergtoxin; Ion channel; Potassium channel; Scorpion

Indexed keywords

CENTRUROIDES ELEGANS ETHER A GO GO POTASSIUM CHANNEL 4; CENTRUROIDES ELEGANS ETHER A GO GO POTASSIUM CHANNEL 5; DISULFIDE; ERGTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; SCORPION VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHO CELL; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RAT; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ETHER-A-GO-GO POTASSIUM CHANNELS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; RATS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CENTRUROIDES ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 46249113440     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-008-9634-8     Document Type: Article

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