Irditoxin, a novel covalently linked heterodimeric three-finger toxin with high taxon-specific neurotoxicity

FASEB Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 534-545

  Pawlak, Joanna ^a   Mackessy, Stephen P ^b   Sixberry, Nicole M ^b   Stura, Enrico A ^c   Le Du, Marie Hèlèene ^c   Méenez, Renée ^c   Foo, Chun Shin ^d   Ménez, André ^c   Nirthanan, Selvanayagam ^d   Kini, R Manjunatha ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^c DIF   (France)

^d NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^e VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Neuromuscular junction; Postsynaptic neurotoxin; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IRDITOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SNAKE; TAXON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; COLUBRIDAE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; MALE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SNAKE VENOMS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

AVES; BOIGA IRREGULARIS; COLUBRIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 59649116734     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.08-113555     Document Type: Article

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