Identification and characterization of a taxon-specific three-finger toxin from the venom of the Green Vinesnake (Oxybelis fulgidus; Family Colubridae)

Biochimie

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1923-1932

  Heyborne, William H ^a,b   Mackessy, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; LD50; Rear fanged; Structure function

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; FULGIMOTOXIN; PEPTIDE; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLUBRIDAE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LIZARD; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXYBELIS FULGIDUS; PURIFICATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SNAKE; TOXICOLOGY;

BOIGA; COLUBRIDAE; MUS; OXYBELIS; OXYBELIS FULGIDUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; LD(50); REAR-FANGED; STRUCTURE/FUNCTION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LETHAL DOSE 50; LIZARDS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAKE VENOMS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84883219143     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: 61831638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.06.025     Document Type: Article

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