Three-finger toxins, a deadly weapon of elapid venom - Milestones of discovery

Toxicon

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-55

  Utkin, Yuri N ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Neurotoxins; Activity; Isolation; Snake venom; Structure; Three fingered toxins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; ALPHA NEUROTOXIN; BETA BUNGAROTOXIN; GAMMA BUNGAROTOXIN; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NEUROTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE; SNAKE VENOM; THREE FINGER TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELAPIDAE; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELAPID VENOMS; MICE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; REPTILIAN PROTEINS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ELAPIDAE; SERPENTES;

EID: 84872497082     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.09.007     Document Type: Review

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