"Bungarotoxins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Neurotoxic proteins from the venom of the banded or Formosan krait (Bungarus multicinctus, an elapid snake). alpha-Bungarotoxin blocks nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and has been used to isolate and study them; beta- and gamma-bungarotoxins act presynaptically causing acetylcholine release and depletion. Both alpha and beta forms have been characterized, the alpha being similar to the large, long or Type II neurotoxins from other elapid venoms.
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D002038
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.888.850.325.139 D23.946.833.850.325.139
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bungarotoxins" by people in Profiles.
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Absence of alpha7-containing neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors does not prevent nicotine-induced seizures. Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 2002 Jan 31; 98(1-2):29-40.
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Protection against alpha-bungarotoxin poisoning by immunization with synthetic toxin peptides. Mol Immunol. 1996 May-Jun; 33(7-8):681-9.
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Antibody and T-cell recognition of alpha-bungarotoxin and its synthetic loop-peptides. Mol Immunol. 1995 Aug; 32(12):919-29.
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Molecular recognition of acetylcholine receptor. Recognition by alpha-neurotoxins and by immune and autoimmune responses and manipulation of the responses. Adv Neuroimmunol. 1994; 4(4):403-32.
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Congenital myasthenic syndromes: II. Syndrome attributed to abnormal interaction of acetylcholine with its receptor. Muscle Nerve. 1993 Dec; 16(12):1293-301.
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Acetylcholine receptor-alpha-bungarotoxin interactions: determination of the region-to-region contacts by peptide-peptide interactions and molecular modeling of the receptor cavity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Aug; 87(16):6156-60.
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Mapping by synthetic peptides of the binding sites for acetylcholine receptor on alpha-bungarotoxin. J Protein Chem. 1988 Oct; 7(5):655-66.
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The regions of alpha-neurotoxin binding on the extracellular part of the alpha-subunit of human acetylcholine receptor. J Protein Chem. 1988 Apr; 7(2):173-7.
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Recognition of inter-transmembrane regions of acetylcholine receptor alpha subunit by antibodies, T cells and neurotoxins. Implications for membrane-subunit organization. FEBS Lett. 1988 Feb 15; 228(2):295-300.
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Profile of the alpha-bungarotoxin-binding regions on the extracellular part of the alpha-chain of Torpedo californica acetylcholine receptor. Biochem J. 1987 Dec 15; 248(3):847-52.