Sequence homology between HIV gp120, rabies virus glycoprotein, and snake venom neurotoxins. Is the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor an HIV receptor?
Neri
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Dipartimento di Chimica, Universitá di Siena, Italy.
Bracci
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Rustici
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Santucci
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A
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002038:Bungarotoxins / Q000378:metabolism; D003039:Cobra Neurotoxin Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120 / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009498:Neurotoxins / Q000378:metabolism; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000378:metabolism*; D015728:Receptors, HIV / Q000378:metabolism*; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic / Q000378:metabolism*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012910:Snake Venoms / Q000378:metabolism; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
D002038:Bungarotoxins; D003039:Cobra Neurotoxin Proteins; D006023:Glycoproteins; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120; D009498:Neurotoxins; D015728:Receptors, HIV; D011978:Receptors, Nicotinic; D012910:Snake Venoms; D014764:Viral Proteins; C025154:alpha-cobratoxin