Towards new uses of botulinum toxin as a novel therapeutic tool

Toxins

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-81

  Pickett, Andy ^a   Perrow, Karen ^a  

^a IPSEN   (France)

Author keywords

Bont; Clostridial neurotoxin; Engineering; Targeting

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; BOTULINUM TOXIN C1; BOTULINUM TOXIN D; BOTULINUM TOXIN E; BOTULINUM TOXIN F; BOTULINUM TOXIN G; CELLUBREVIN; SNARE PROTEIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOBREVIN 1; SYNAPTOBREVIN 2; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; SYNTAXIN; SYNTAXIN 1A; TETANUS TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENE; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE A; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE B; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE C; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE D; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE E; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE F; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE G; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG TARGETING; GENE CLUSTER; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MUCUS SECRETION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATENT; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BOTULINUM TOXINS; DRUG DISCOVERY; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 79952125748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins3010063     Document Type: Review

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