Scorpion venom components that affect ion-channels function

Toxicon

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 328-342

  Quintero Hernandez V ^a   Jimenez Vargas J M ^a   Gurrola, G B ^a,b   Valdivia, H H ^b   Possani, L D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Functional effect; Ion channel; Scorpion toxin; Structural features

Indexed keywords

CALCIN DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CELL PENETRATING PEPTIDE; IMPERATOXIN A; ION CHANNEL; MAUROCALCIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RYANODINE; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHANNEL GATING; DNA LIBRARY; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; ION CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

SCORPIONES;

BIODIVERSITY; FUNCTIONAL EFFECT; ION-CHANNEL; SCORPION TOXIN; STRUCTURAL FEATURES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ION CHANNELS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SCORPION VENOMS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84890114353     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2013.07.012     Document Type: Review

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