Toxins in Drug Discovery and Pharmacology

• Главный автор: Steve Peigneur (Ed.) (auth)
• Формат: Электронный ресурс Глава книги
• Язык: английский
• Опубликовано: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Предметы: Pharmacology; calcium channels; acetylcholine receptors; peptides; botulinum toxins; TRP channels; spider venom peptides; sodium channels; opiate receptors; Antibiotics; cone snail venom; potassium channels; chloride ion channels; ASIC channels; NMDA receptor; antimicrobial peptides
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Venoms from marine and terrestrial animals (cone snails, scorpions, spiders, snakes, centipedes, cnidarian, etc.) can be seen as untapped cocktails of biologically active compounds that are being increasingly recognized as a new emerging source of peptide-based therapeutics. Venomous animals are con...