The venom of the North African scorpion Androctonus mauretanicus mauretanicus possesses numerous highly active neurotoxins that specifically bind to various ion channels. One of these, P05, has been found to bind specifically to calcium-activated potassium channels and also to compete with apamin, a
Structure-activity relationship study of a scorpion toxin with high affinity for apamin-sensitive potassium channels by means of the solution structure of analogues
✍ Scribed by INISAN, A.G. ;MEUNIER, S. ;FEDELLI, O. ;ALTBACH, M. ;FREMONT, V. ;SABATIER, J.-M. ;THÉVAN, A. ;BERNASSAU, J.-M. ;CAMBILLAU, C. ;DARBON, H.
- Book ID
- 115099777
- Publisher
- Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 602 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0367-8377
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