Membrane-damaging activity with A chain and B chain of β-bungarotoxin

Toxicon

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 262-268

  Liu, Wen Hsin ^a   Kao, Pei Hsiu ^a   Lin, Shinne Ren ^b   Chang, Long Sen ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bungarotoxin; A chain; B chain; Interchain disulfide bond; Membrane damaging activity

Indexed keywords

BETA BUNGAROTOXIN; DITHIOTHREITOL; GLUTATHIONE; PHOSPHOLIPID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; BUNGARUS; ELAPID VENOMS; LIPOSOMES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

EID: 58149492525     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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