Mapping the receptor site for α-scorpion toxins on a Na + channel voltage sensor

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 15426-15431

  Wang, Jinti ^a   Yarov Yarovoy, Vladimir ^a,c   Kahn, Roy ^b   Gordon, Dalia ^b   Gurevitz, Michael ^b   Scheuer, Todd ^a   Catterall, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mutagenesis; Voltage gated sodium channel

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SCORPION TOXIN; AMINO ACID; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; KIDNEY CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MODEL; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACIDS; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCORPION VENOMS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

LEIURUS QUINQUESTRIATUS HEBRAEUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 80053064950     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1112320108     Document Type: Article

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