Tc1, from Tityus cambridgei, is the first member of a new subfamily of scorpion toxin that blocks K+‐channels
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- 7 December 2000
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 486 (2) , 117-120
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(00)02253-5
Abstract
A new peptide, Tc1, containing only 23 amino acids closely packed by three disulfide bridges was isolated from the Amazonian scorpion Tityus cambridgei. It blocks reversibly the Shaker B K+‐channels ...Keywords
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