Abstract：
:This paper is a summary of studies over the past few years that pertain to animal neurotoxins. These toxins are found throughout the animal kingdom. Homologies exist in the structures of these poisons within classes and point to conservation of active sites throughout evolution. In the case of the peptides, invariant amino acids may be involved in the active site, be essential for maintaining the shape and conformation of the molecule or serve as a fulcrum for folding of the peptide chain after synthesis. At the nuclear or DNA-level, a constant base sequence may regulate gene operation so that only a specific amino acid is coded. Physiologically, and with ultrastructural and biochemical correlation, the predominant mode of action of neurotoxins relate to one or the other of the major activities of the excitable cell,--on conductile activity affecting Na+ or K+ permeabilities, on output or secretory activities affecting the release of neurotransmitter or on in put generator activities affecting the receptor molecules for transmitter themselves. The future of these animal neurotoxins in neurobiological research is secure. The elucidation of molecular mechanisms, by which these various physiological activities of excitable tissue are expressed, will surely involve one or more of these fascinating, naturally-occurring compounds.
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Ann Clin Lab Scijournal_title
Annals of clinical and laboratory scienceauthors
Festoff BWsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1975-09-01 00:00:00pages
377-82issue
5eissn
0091-7370issn
1550-8080journal_volume
5pub_type
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journal_title：Annals of clinical and laboratory science
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journal_title：Annals of clinical and laboratory science
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journal_title：Annals of clinical and laboratory science
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journal_title：Annals of clinical and laboratory science
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更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annals of clinical and laboratory science
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annals of clinical and laboratory science
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更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annals of clinical and laboratory science
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更新日期：1977-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annals of clinical and laboratory science
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journal_title：Annals of clinical and laboratory science
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journal_title：Annals of clinical and laboratory science
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journal_title：Annals of clinical and laboratory science
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更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Annals of clinical and laboratory science
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更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00
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