Protein complexes in snake venom

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2851-2871

  Doley, R ^a,b   Kini, R M ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

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

Author keywords

Covalent and non covalent three finger toxin; Dimeric disintegrin; Metalloprotease complexes; PLA2 complexes; Serine protease complexes; Synergistic three finger toxin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA COBROTOXIN; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA BUNGAROTOXIN; BOTHROJARACIN; BUNGAROTOXIN; CANNITOXIN; CARINACTIVASE 1; CONVULXIN; CROTOXIN; CROTOXIN A; DENDROTOXIN; DISINTEGRIN; FLAVOCETIN A; IRDITOXIN; KAPPA BUNGAROTOXIN; PARADOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEIN; RHODOCETIN; RUSSELL VIPER VENOM X PROTEIN; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM LEVO AMINO ACID OXIDASE; TAICATOXIN; TAIPOXIN; TEXTILOTOXIN; THROMBIN INHIBITOR; TRIMUCROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VIPER VENOM; VIPOXIN; AMINO ACID OXIDASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENVENOMATION; EVOLUTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; CROTOXIN; DIMERIZATION; DISINTEGRINS; L-AMINO ACID OXIDASE; METALLOPROTEASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SNAKE VENOMS;

EID: 68949212896     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-009-0050-2     Document Type: Review

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