Identification and functional characterization of a novel α-conotoxin (EIIA) from Conus ermineus

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 405, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 5341-5351

  Quinton, Loïc ^a,e   Servent, Denis ^b   Girard, Emmanuelle ^c   Molgó, Jordi ^c   Le Caer, Jean Pierre ^a,f   Malosse, Christian ^a,c   Haidar, El Ali ^d   Lecoq, Alain ^b   Gilles, Nicolas ^b   Chamot Rooke, Julia ^a,c  

^a LABORATOIRE HÉTÉROÉLÉMENTS ET COORDINATION   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Oceanium Route de la Petite Corniche Est ^*  (Senegal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^f INSTITUT DE CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES NATURELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Conotoxin; Binding experiments; Conus venom; De novo sequencing; Mass spectrometry; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXINS; CONUS VENOMS; DE NOVO SEQUENCING; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; LIGAND-GATED ION CHANNELS; NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS; NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS (NACHRS); POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS;

BIOACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PATHOLOGY;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; CONOTOXIN; MOLLUSC VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; CONUS SNAIL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CONOTOXINS; CONUS SNAIL; MOLLUSK VENOMS; PROTEIN BINDING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CONUS ERMINEUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 84878310310     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-6926-x     Document Type: Article

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