@article {Liddle:1993:0003-7028:852,
	author = "Liddle, Kevin and Tu, Anthony T.",
	title = "Interaction of Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Membranes with Myotoxin A Isolated from Crotalus viridis viridis Venom Studied by Raman Spectroscopy",
	journal = "Applied Spectroscopy",
	volume = "47",
	number = "6",
	year = "1993",
	abstract = "Myotoxin <I>a</I> is a muscle-degenerating toxin isolated from the venom of <I>Crotalus viridis viridis</I> (prairie rattlesnake). It is composed of 42 amino acid residues with four disulfide bonds. The presence of myotoxin <I>a</I> and related myotoxins is common in various snake venoms. It was found recently that myotoxin <I>a</I> is an uncoupler of calcium ion influx in sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). Myotoxin <I>a</I> is known to interact with artificial membranes. Since the biological action of myotoxin <I>a</I> affects the calcium pump that is present in the SR membranes, it is of interest to investigate the interaction of SR membrane with myotoxin <I>a</I> by Raman spectroscopy. Raman spectroscopy is particularly useful in membrane study because the C-C and C-H stretching vibrational bands are particularly sensitive in phospholipid phase transition from gel to liquid crystal.",
	pages = "852-854",
	url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sas/sas/1993/00000047/00000006/art00025",
	doi = "doi:10.1366/0003702934067090",
	keyword = "Raman spectroscopy"
}