Bmk-YA, an enkephalin-like peptide in scorpion venom

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Yan ^a   Xu, Junyan ^b   Wang, Zhiwei ^a   Zhang, Xiuli ^b   Liang, Xinmiao ^b   Civelli, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HISTIDINE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BMK TYROSYLALANINE; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BUTHUS MARTENSII KARSCH; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCORPION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD PROTEINS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENKEPHALINS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

MAMMALIA; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 84863620826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040417     Document Type: Article

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