Wheat germ in vitro translation to produce one of the most toxic sodium channel specific toxins

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 369-379

  Gad, Wael ^a,b,c   Ben Abderrazek, Rahma ^d   Wahni, Khadija ^a,b,c   Vertommen, Didier ^e   Muyldermans, Serge ^b,c   Bouhaouala Zahar, Balkiss ^d   Messens, Joris ^a,b,c  

^a Brussels Center for Redox Biology   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^e DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

AahII; Anti venom; Dromedary; Recombinant protein; Scorpion toxin; Single domain antibody; Wheat germ extract

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; PEPTIDE; SCORPION TOXIN II, ANDROCTONUS; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; SCORPION; WHEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84906831507     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: 15734935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20140050     Document Type: Article

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