A designer ligand specific for Kv1.3 channels from a scorpion neurotoxin-based library.
Takacs, Z., Toups, M., Kollewe, A., Johnson, E., Cuello, L.G., Driessens, G., Biancalana, M., Koide, A., Ponte, C.G., Perozo, E., Gajewski, T.F., Suarez-Kurtz, G., Koide, S., Goldstein, S.A.(2009) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106: 22211-22216
- PubMed: 20007782 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0910123106
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2KIR - PubMed Abstract: 
Venomous animals immobilize prey using protein toxins that act on ion channels and other targets of biological importance. Broad use of toxins for biomedical research, diagnosis, and therapy has been limited by inadequate target discrimination, for example, among ion channel subtypes ...