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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Reptilian Proteins > Three Finger Toxins
... > Fluids and Secretions > Bodily Secretions > Venoms > Snake Venoms > Elapid Venoms > Three Finger Toxins
... > Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Venoms > Snake Venoms > Elapid Venoms > Three Finger Toxins
Complex Mixtures > Venoms > Snake Venoms > Elapid Venoms > Three Finger Toxins

Preferred term

Three Finger Toxins  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 3FTXs
  • Finger Toxin, Three
  • Three Finger Toxin
  • Three-Finger Toxins
  • Toxins, Three-Finger
  • Toxin, Three Finger

Scope note

  • A super-family of non-enzymatic proteins found in ELAPIDAE VENOMS. They possess a unique tertiary structure resembling a hand with three fingers and have diverse biological activities due to sequence and structural variations; some are ALPHA-NEUROTOXINS that bind NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS.

History note

  • 2022

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000087443

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