Molecular cloning and biochemical characterization of the first Na +-channel α-type toxin peptide (Acra4) from Androctonus crassicauda scorpion venom

Biochimie

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1216-1222

  Caliskan, Figen ^a,b   Quintero Hernández, Veronica ^b   Restano Cassulini, Rita ^b   Coronas Valderrama, Fredy I ^b   Corzo, Gerardo ^b   Possani, Lourival D ^b  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alpha toxin; Amino acid sequence; Androctonus crassicauda; Gene cloning; Scorpion

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SCORPION VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE SEQUENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LD 50; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; SCORPION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

ANDROCTONUS CRASSICAUDA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 84877762268     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.01.015     Document Type: Article

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