A recombinant insect-specific α-toxin of Buthus occitanus tunetanus scorpion confers protection against homologous mammal toxins

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 653-660

  Bouhaouala Zahar, Balkiss ^a   Ducancel, Frédérique ^b,c   Zenouaki, Ilham ^a   Khalifa, Rym Ben ^d   Borchani, Lamia ^a   Pelhate, Marcel ^d   Boulain, Jean Claude ^b,c   El Ayeb, Mohamed ^a   Ménez, André ^b,c   Karoui, Habib ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Dept d'Ingenierie d'Etud Proteines ^*  (France)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

cDNA; expression in Escherichia coli; scorpion toxin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOXIN; ANTISERUM; SCORPION VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGENICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORPION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; BUTHUS; BUTHUS OCCITANUS TUNETANUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; SCORPIONES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 8944239876     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0653w.x     Document Type: Article

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