Molecular mechanism of scorpion neurotoxins acting on sodium channels: insight into their diverse selectivity

XP Zuo, YH Ji - Molecular Neurobiology, 2004 - Springer
Scorpion toxins that affect sodium channel gating traditionally are divided into α- and β-classes.
They show vast diversity in their selectivity for phyletic- or isoform-specific sodium …

Diagnosis of Kala-Azar by Nested PCR Based on Amplification of the Leishmania Mini-Exon Gene

…, M Aikawa, JQ Qu, LR Guan, XP Zuo… - Journal of Clinical …, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
To diagnose visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar), we have developed a nested PCR method
based on amplification of the mini-exon gene, which is unique and tandomly repeated in the …

A peptide of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype Asia1 generating a neutralizing antibody response, and an immunostimulatory peptide

…, G Cheng, YH Gao, YG Lu, JL Chen, XP Zuo… - Veterinary …, 2007 - Elsevier
The epitopes of the capsid of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) play important roles in
the construction of highly immunogenic subunit vaccines. However few epitopes have been …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative pharmacology and cloning of two novel arachnid sodium channels: Exploring the adaptive insensitivity of scorpion to its toxins

XP Zuo, HQ He, M He, ZR Liu, Q Xu, JG Ye, YH Ji - FEBS letters, 2006 - Elsevier
Scorpion toxins have been found lacking effect on Na + current of its own sodium channel,
whereas the molecular mechanism remains mystery. In this study, the binding affinity of …

The cDNA and Genomic DNA Organization of a Novel Toxin SHT-I from Spider Ornithoctonus huwena

P Qiao, XP Zuo, ZF Chai, YH Ji - Acta biochimica et biophysica …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
A mathematical model revealing the relationships between bed capacity, average patient
admission rate, average patient length of stay, utilization rate, and overfill rate in intensive care …

Rapid screening with a recombinant antigen (rK39) for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis using dipstick.

JQ Qu, LR Guan, I Shulidan, XP Zuo… - Zhongguo ji sheng …, 2000 - europepmc.org
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic value of the recombinant antigen of 39 amino acid
repeats encoded by a kinesin-like gene of Leishmania changasi (rK39) in serodiagnosis of …

Cloning and characterization of cDNA sequences encoding two novel α-like-toxin precursors from the Chinese scorpion Buthus martensii Karsch

JG Ye, J Chen, XP Zuo, YH Ji - Toxicon, 2001 - Elsevier
According to a relative conserved fragment of α-scorpion toxins, a degenerate primer was
designed and synthesized. Two full-length cDNAs encoding the precursors of two novel …

Studies on the living environment of great gerbil and its natural infection of Leishmania and sandfly vectors in north Xinjiang, China.

L Guan, YX Xu, XP Zuo, S Zhang, JJ Chai - 1994 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Natural Leishmania infections are quite common in the great gerbil, Rhombomys opimus, in
the desert area in north Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Two species, L. turanica and L. …

Leishmaniasis in Karamay. V. Observation on the bionomics of sandflies in Karamay, Xinjiang, China.

LR Guan, YX Xu, JX Jia, XP Zuo, G Wang, YY Hou - 1991 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Capture of 10 476 sandflies in 1987, 1988 and 1990 in the Karamay Desert area on the
western border of Junggar Basin revealed that Phlebotomus mongolensis was the predominant …

A newly identified endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis in Minfeng county of south Xinjiang II. Investigation on phlebotomine vectors

CF Jin, XP Zuo, DA Gu, Y Osman, QX Lan… - Zhongguo ji Sheng …, 2008 - europepmc.org
Objective To investigate the transmitting phlebotomine sandfly in Minfeng County, a newly-identified
endemic area of visceral leishmaniasis in the south of Talim Pendi of Xinjiang. …