"Charybdotoxin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 37-amino acid residue peptide isolated from the scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus. It is a neurotoxin that inhibits calcium activated potassium channels.
| Descriptor ID |
D018999
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.115 D20.888.065.830.150 D23.946.833.065.830.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Charybdotoxin- Charybdotoxin
- CTX Toxin
- Toxin, CTX
- Quinquestriatus Toxin
- Toxin, Quinquestriatus
- ChTX
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Charybdotoxin" by people in Profiles.
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K+ channel inhibition accelerates intestinal epithelial cell wound healing. Wound Repair Regen. 2004 Sep-Oct; 12(5):565-74.
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Charybdotoxin binding in the I(Ks) pore demonstrates two MinK subunits in each channel complex. Neuron. 2003 Sep 25; 40(1):15-23.
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Small-conductance calcium-activated K+ channels are expressed in pancreatic islets and regulate glucose responses. Diabetes. 2003 Aug; 52(8):2000-6.
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The large conductance Ca2+-activated potassium channel (pSlo) of the cockroach Periplaneta americana: structure, localization in neurons and electrophysiology. Eur J Neurosci. 2003 Mar; 17(6):1197-212.
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Voltage-gated potassium channels in human ductus arteriosus. Lancet. 2000 Jul 08; 356(9224):134-7.
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A novel nervous system beta subunit that downregulates human large conductance calcium-dependent potassium channels. J Neurosci. 2000 May 15; 20(10):3563-70.
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A model of scorpion toxin binding to voltage-gated K+ channels. J Membr Biol. 1997 Aug 01; 158(3):187-96.
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Oxygen causes fetal pulmonary vasodilation through activation of a calcium-dependent potassium channel. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996 Jul 23; 93(15):8089-94.
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Nitric oxide and cGMP cause vasorelaxation by activation of a charybdotoxin-sensitive K channel by cGMP-dependent protein kinase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994 Aug 02; 91(16):7583-7.