supported by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency Joint Science and Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense under award number HDTRA1-21-1-0010;the National Institutes of Health under Award Numbers R21AI159492 and R21AI175904.
Given their dangerous effects on the nervous system,neurotoxins represent a significant threat to public health.Various therapeutic approaches,including chelating agents,receptor decoys,and toxin-neutralizing antibodi...
supported by the Science and Technological Fund of Anhui Province for Outstanding Youth(No. 1808085J04);the Innovative Program Development Foundation Hefei Center Physical Science Technology(No. 2017FXCX002)
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors(nAChRs) play important roles in intercellular communications of nerve cells. α-Bungarotoxins(αBtx) is a moderator for the nAChRs. Chemical synthesis provides a promising way to acce...
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The cDNA encoding a variant of α bungarotoxin was cloned from the venom glands of Bungarus multicinctus by RT PCR.The deduced protein precursor contained a 21 amino acid signal peptide and a following 74 amino ...