Lethal effects of an insecticidal spider venom peptide involve positive allosteric modulation of insect nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.04.008
Abstract: ABSTRACT &kgr;‐Hexatoxins (&kgr;‐HXTXs) are a family of excitotoxic insect‐selective neurotoxins from Australian funnel‐web spiders that are lethal to a wide range of insects, but display no toxicity towards vertebrates. The prototypic &kgr;‐HXTX‐Hv1c selectively blocks native… read more here.
Keywords: hxtx hv1c; kgr hxtx; insect; positive allosteric ... See more keywords