Functional expression of a recombinant toxin - rPnTx2-6 - active in erectile function in rat

Toxicon

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1172-1180

  Torres, F S ^b   Silva, C N ^a   Lanza, L F ^b   Santos, Agenor V ^b   Pimenta, A M C ^b   De Lima, M E ^b   Diniz, M R V ^a  

^a FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Erectile function; Nitric oxide; Phoneutria nigriventer; Recombinant toxin PnTx2 6

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; RECOMBINANT PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER TOXIN2 6; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENIS ERECTION; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPIDER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENILE ERECTION; PEPTIDES; PRIAPISM; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPIDER VENOMS;

ARANEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; RATTUS;

EID: 77957925667     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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