scyllatoxin

scyllatoxin
Toxin from the scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus. Peptide of 31 residues that specifically blocks low conductance calcium-dependent potassium channels that are also a target for apamin.

Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.

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