Structural characterization of myotoxic ecarpholin S from Echis carinatus venom

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3366-3380

  Zhou, Xingding ^a   Tan, Tien Chye ^a   Valiyaveettil, S ^a   Mei, Lin Go ^a   Kini, R Manjunatha ^a   Velazquez Campoy, Adrian ^b   Sivaraman, J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECARPHOLIN S; LAURIC ACID; LAURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 GROUP II; REPTILIAN PROTEIN; SURAMIN; VIPER VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SNAKE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GROUP II PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; LAURIC ACIDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPTILIAN PROTEINS; SURAMIN; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 55949098238     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.117747     Document Type: Article

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