Purification and characterization of Ts15, the first member of a new α-KTX subfamily from the venom of the Brazilian scorpion Tityus serrulatus

Toxicon

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-61

  Cologna, C T ^a   Peigneur, S ^b   Rosa, J C ^a   Selistre de Araujo, H S ^c   Varanda, W A ^a   Tytgat, J ^b   Arantes, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

KTx; Potassium channel; Scorpion venom; Tityus serrulatus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL TOXIN 21.1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL HERG; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV1.6; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV2.1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV3.1; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV4.2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KV4.3; SCORPION VENOM; SHAB POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SHAKER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SHAL POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SHAW POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL DMNAV1; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.4; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.6; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DISULFIDE BOND; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IC 50; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SCORPION; SCREENING TEST; TITYRUS SERRULATUS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

SCORPIONES; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 79959376112     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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