The molecular mystique of tetrodotoxin

Toxicon

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 165-183

  Moczydlowski, Edward G ^a,b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Saxitoxin; Sodium channel; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

11 DEOXYEPITETRODOTOXIN; 4 EPITETRODOTOXIN; 4,9 ANHYDROTETRODOTOXIN; 6 EPITETRODOTOXIN; ACONITINE; AMANTADINE; BATRACHOTOXIN; BREVETOXIN; CHIRIQUITOXIN; CIGUATOXIN; COCAINE; CONOTOXIN; CURARE; DIGITOXIN; GRAYANOTOXIN; GUANIDINIUM TOXIN; LIDOCAINE; MORPHINE; NEUROTOXIN; PROCAINE; SAXITOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; SEA ANEMONE TOXIN; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.4; TARANTULA PEPTIDE TOXIN; TETRODOTOXIN; TOXIN; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VERATRIDINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INTOXICATION; IONIC STRENGTH; LD 50; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS; TETRODOTOXIN INTOXICATION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN RESISTANCE; TOXIN SENSITIVITY; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RATS; SAXITOXIN; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRAODONTIFORMES; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84872419608     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.11.026     Document Type: Review

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