"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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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bungarotoxins" by people in Profiles.
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Caballero-Rivera D, Cruz-Nieves OA, Oyola-Cintr?n J, Torres-Nunez DA, Otero-Cruz JD, Lasalde-Dominicci JA. Tryptophan scanning mutagenesis reveals distortions in the helical structure of the dM4 transmembrane domain of the Torpedo californica nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Channels (Austin). 2012 Mar-Apr; 6(2):111-23.
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Ballester LY, Cap?-V?lez CM, Garc?a-Beltr?n WF, Ramos FM, V?zquez-Rosa E, R?os R, Mercado JR, Mel?ndez RI, Lasalde-Dominicci JA. Up-regulation of the neuronal nicotinic receptor a7 by HIV glycoprotein 120: potential implications for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder. J Biol Chem. 2012 Jan 27; 287(5):3079-86.
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Yang K, Buhlman L, Khan GM, Nichols RA, Jin G, McIntosh JM, Whiteaker P, Lukas RJ, Wu J. Functional nicotinic acetylcholine receptors containing a6 subunits are on GABAergic neuronal boutons adherent to ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons. J Neurosci. 2011 Feb 16; 31(7):2537-48.
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Chang E, Forsberg EC, Wu J, Prohaska SS, Allsopp R, Weissman IL, Cooke JP. Cholinergic activation of hematopoietic stem cells: role in tobacco-related disease? Vasc Med. 2010 Oct; 15(5):375-85.
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Hu ZJ, Bai L, Tizabi Y, Southerland W. Computational modeling study of human nicotinic acetylcholine receptor for developing new drugs in the treatment of alcoholism. Interdiscip Sci. 2009 Dec; 1(4):254-62.
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Mehta TK, Dougherty JJ, Wu J, Choi CH, Khan GM, Nichols RA. Defining pre-synaptic nicotinic receptors regulated by beta amyloid in mouse cortex and hippocampus with receptor null mutants. J Neurochem. 2009 Jun; 109(5):1452-8.
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Lizardi-Ortiz JE, Hyzinski-Garc?a MC, Fern?ndez-Gerena JL, Osorio-Mart?nez KM, Vel?zquez-Rivera E, Valle-Avil?s FL, Lasalde-Dominicci JA. Aromaticity at the water-hydrocarbon core interface of the membrane: consequences on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor. Channels (Austin). 2008 May-Jun; 2(3):191-201.
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Rasmussen BA, Perry DC, O'Neil J, Manaye KF, Tizabi Y. Effects of nicotine on sensorimotor gating impairment induced by long-term treatment with neurotoxic NMDA antagonism. Neurotox Res. 2008 May-Jun; 13(3-4):151-61.
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Wu J, Khan GM, Nichols RA. Dopamine release in prefrontal cortex in response to beta-amyloid activation of alpha7 * nicotinic receptors. Brain Res. 2007 Nov 28; 1182:82-9.
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Guzm?n GR, Ortiz-Acevedo A, Ricardo A, Rojas LV, Lasalde-Dominicci JA. The polarity of lipid-exposed residues contributes to the functional differences between Torpedo and muscle-type nicotinic receptors. J Membr Biol. 2006; 214(3):131-8.