Chemical synthesis and characterization of two α4/7-conotoxins

Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 745-753

  Peng, Can ^a,b   Chen, Weihua ^a   Sanders, Tanya ^c   Chew, Geoffrey ^c   Liu, Jing ^c   Hawrot, Edward ^c   Chi, Chengwu ^a,d  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

4 7 conotoxin; analgesic; Conus; nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARRAGEENAN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CONOTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; CONUS SNAIL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EDEMA; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEAT; HINDLIMB; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNTHESIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CARRAGEENAN; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYPERALGESIA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

CONUS LEOPARDUS; CONUS MARMOREUS; RATTUS;

EID: 77957304426     PISSN: 16729145     EISSN: 17457270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmq074     Document Type: Article

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