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  1. Development of Chimeric Ribonuclease A Inhibitor for Molecular Biology Applications: SUMO Fusion as an Engineering Strategy

    Article • Current Issues in Molecular Biology, June 2026, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  2. The Need for and Importance of Thorough and Comprehensive Studies on the Molecular Mechanisms of Action of Animal Toxins, Venoms, and Antivenoms

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, November 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  3. Marine-Derived Ligands of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Cancer Research

    Article • Marine Drugs, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  4. Snake Toxins Affecting Blood Vessel Walls: Mode of Action and Biological Significance

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  5. Diverse β-bungarotoxin isoforms manifest different affinities to voltage-gated potassium channels of Kv1.x subfamily

    Article • Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, July 2025, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  6. Cobra Three-Finger Toxins Interact with RNA and DNA: Nucleic Acids as Their Putative Biological Targets

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  7. Animal Venoms and Their Components: Molecular Mechanisms of Action V 2.0

    Article • Toxins, October 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  8. Sphingomyelin Inhibits Hydrolytic Activity of Heterodimeric PLA2 in Model Myelin Membranes: Pharmacological Relevance

    Article • The Journal of Membrane Biology, October 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  9. Specific Amino Acid Residues in the Three Loops of Snake Cytotoxins Determine Their Membrane Activity and Provide a Rationale for a New Classification of These Toxins

    Article • Toxins, June 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  10. Analysis of intra-specific variations in the venom of individual snakes based on Raman spectroscopy

    Article • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, June 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  11. Efficient Expression in Leishmania tarentolae (LEXSY) of the Receptor-Binding Domain of the SARS-CoV-2 S-Protein and the Acetylcholine-Binding Protein from Lymnaea stagnalis

    Article • Molecules, February 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  12. Effects of the Heterodimeric Neurotoxic Phospholipase A2 from the Venom of Vipera nikolskii on the Contractility of Rat Papillary Muscles and Thoracic Aortas

    Article • Toxins, February 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  13. Subtype-Selective Peptide and Protein Neurotoxic Inhibitors of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Enhance Proliferation of Patient-Derived Glioblastoma Cell Lines

    Article • Toxins, February 2024, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  14. Comparison of Conformations and Interactions with Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors for E. coli-Produced and Synthetic Three-Finger Protein SLURP-1

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  15. Effects of Cobra Cardiotoxins on Intracellular Calcium and the Contracture of Rat Cardiomyocytes Depend on Their Structural Types

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  16. The Potassium Channel Blocker β-Bungarotoxin from the Krait Bungarus multicinctus Venom Manifests Antiprotozoal Activity

    Article • Biomedicines, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  17. α7- and α9-Containing Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Functioning of Immune System and in Pain

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  18. What Are the Neurotoxins in Hemotoxic Snake Venoms?

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  19. Differentiation of snake venom using Raman spectroscopic analysis

    Article • Journal of Materials Chemistry B, January 2023, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  20. Membrane-Disrupting Activity of Cobra Cytotoxins Is Determined by Configuration of the N-Terminal Loop

    Article • Toxins, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  21. Current Insights in the Mechanisms of Cobra Venom Cytotoxins and Their Complexes in Inducing Toxicity: Implications in Antivenom Therapy

    Article • Toxins, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  22. Antiviral Effects of Animal Toxins: Is There a Way to Drugs?

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  23. Variability in the Spatial Structure of the Central Loop in Cobra Cytotoxins Revealed by X-ray Analysis and Molecular Modeling

    Article • Toxins, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  24. Anti-HIV Activity of Snake Venom Phospholipase A2s: Updates for New Enzymes and Different Virus Strains

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  25. Effects of Cardiotoxins from Naja oxiana Cobra Venom on Rat Heart Muscle and Aorta: A Comparative Study of Toxin-Induced Contraction Mechanisms

    Article • Toxins, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  26. Marine Origin Ligands of Nicotinic Receptors: Low Molecular Compounds, Peptides and Proteins for Fundamental Research and Practical Applications

    Article • Biomolecules, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  27. Animal Venoms and Their Components: Molecular Mechanisms of Action

    Article • Toxins, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  28. The omega-loop of cobra cytotoxins tolerates multiple amino acid substitutions

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, June 2021, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  29. α-Conotoxins and α-Cobratoxin Promote, while Lipoxygenase and Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors Suppress the Proliferation of Glioma C6 Cells

    Article • Marine Drugs, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  30. Novel Three-Finger Neurotoxins from Naja melanoleuca Cobra Venom Interact with GABAA and Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

    Article • Toxins, February 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  31. Spatial Structure and Activity of Synthetic Fragments of Lynx1 and of Nicotinic Receptor Loop C Models

    Article • Biomolecules, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  32. Novel Bradykinin-Potentiating Peptides and Three-Finger Toxins from Viper Venom: Combined NGS Venom Gland Transcriptomics and Quantitative Venom Proteomics of the Azemiops feae Viper

    Article • Biomedicines, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  33. Three‐finger proteins from snakes and humans acting on nicotinic receptors: Old and new

    Article • Journal of Neurochemistry, July 2020, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  34. Screening Snake Venoms for Toxicity to Tetrahymena Pyriformis Revealed Anti-Protozoan Activity of Cobra Cytotoxins

    Article • Toxins, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  35. PNU‐120596, a positive allosteric modulator of mammalian α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, is a negative modulator of ligand‐gated chloride‐selective channels of the gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis

    Article • Journal of Neurochemistry, April 2020, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  36. α-Conotoxins Enhance both the In Vivo Suppression of Ehrlich carcinoma Growth and In Vitro Reduction in Cell Viability Elicited by Cyclooxygenase and Lipoxygenase Inhibitors

    Article • Marine Drugs, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  37. Activation of α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Upregulates HLA-DR and Macrophage Receptors: Potential Role in Adaptive Immunity and in Preventing Immunosuppression

    Article • Biomolecules, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  38. Nanoencapsulation Enhances Anticoagulant Activity of Adenosine and Dipeptide IleTrp

    Article • Nanomaterials, August 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  39. Novel long-chain neurotoxins from Bungarus candidus distinguish the two binding sites in muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

    Article • Biochemical Journal, April 2019, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  40. Aging Affects Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Brain

    Article • Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, March 2019, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  41. Azemiopsin, a Selective Peptide Antagonist of Muscle Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor: Preclinical Evaluation as a Local Muscle Relaxant

    Article • Toxins, January 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  42. Anticoagulant Activity of Low-Molecular Weight Compounds from Heterometrus laoticus Scorpion Venom

    Article • Toxins, October 2017, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  43. Cobra Venom Factor and Ketoprofen Abolish the Antitumor Effect of Nerve Growth Factor from Cobra Venom

    Article • Toxins, September 2017, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  44. Heterodimeric V. nikolskii phospholipases A2 induce aggregation of the lipid bilayer

    Article • Toxicon, July 2017, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  45. Conjugates of α-Cobratoxin with CdSe Quantum Dots: Preparation and Biological Activity

    Article • Nano Hybrids and Composites, January 2017, Trans Tech Publications

    Dr Denis Kuznetsov, Mr Ilya Cherepakhin, Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  46. Central loop of non-conventional toxin WTX from Naja kaouthia is important for interaction with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

    Article • Toxicon, September 2016, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  47. Interaction of three-finger proteins from snake venoms and from mammalian brain with the cys-loop receptors and their models

    Article • Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics, May 2016, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  48. Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Venoms from Russian Vipers of Pelias Group: Phospholipases A2 are the Main Venom Components

    Article • Toxins, April 2016, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  49. Effect of a peptide modeling the nicotinic receptor binding site on the spectral and luminescent properties of dye complexes with cucurbit[8]uril

    Article • High Energy Chemistry, March 2016, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  50. Quantitative proteomic analysis of Vietnamese krait venoms: Neurotoxins are the major components in Bungarus multicinctus and phospholipases A2 in Bungarus fasciatus

    Article • Toxicon, December 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  51. Nonconventional three-finger toxin BMLCL from krait Bungarus multicinctus venom with high affinity interacts with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

    Article • Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics, September 2015, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  52. Structural Insight into Specificity of Interactions between Nonconventional Three-finger Weak Toxin from Naja kaouthia (WTX) and Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, August 2015, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  53. Neurotoxins from Snake Venoms and α-Conotoxin ImI Inhibit Functionally Active Ionotropic γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Receptors

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, July 2015, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  54. Pr-SNTX, a short-chain three-finger toxin from Papuan pigmy mulga snake, is an antagonist of muscle-type nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (α2βδε)

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, July 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  55. α-conotoxins revealed different roles of nicotinic cholinergic receptor subtypes in oncogenesis of Ehrlich tumor and in the associated inflammation

    Article • Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics, July 2015, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  56. Natural Compounds Interacting with Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors: From Low-Molecular Weight Ones to Peptides and Proteins

    Article • Toxins, May 2015, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  57. Antiproliferative Activity of Cobra Venom Cytotoxins

    Article • Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, March 2015, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  58. Novel antagonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors—proteins from venoms of Viperidae snakes

    Article • Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics, March 2015, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  59. Phospholipases a2 from Viperidae snakes: Differences in membranotropic activity between enzymatically active toxin and its inactive isoforms

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes, February 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  60. Snake Venom Toxins Targeted at the Nervous System

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  61. Antiproliferative Effects of Snake Venom Phospholipases A2 and Their Perspectives for Cancer Treatment

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  62. Animal venom studies: Current benefits and future developments

    Article • World Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 2015, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  63. What Animal Models of Parkinsonism Tell us About the Distinct Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Involved in Pathogenesis?

    Article • Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Parkinsonism, January 2015, OMICS Publishing Group

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  64. Cobra cytotoxins: determinants of antibacterial activity

    Article • Mendeleev Communications, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  65. Venoms of kraits Bungarus multicinctus and Bungarus fasciatus contain anticoagulant proteins

    Article • Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics, January 2015, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  66. Inhibition of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors, a Novel Facet in the Pleiotropic Activities of Snake Venom Phospholipases A2

    Article • PLOS One, December 2014, PLOS

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  67. Comparative analysis of membranotropic properties of various phospholipases A2 from venom of snakes of the family viperidae

    Article • Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics, July 2014, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  68. Nerve Growth Factor from Cobra Venom Inhibits the Growth of Ehrlich Tumor in Mice

    Article • Toxins, February 2014, MDPI AG

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  69. Vietnamese Heterometrus laoticus scorpion venom: Evidence for analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity and isolation of new polypeptide toxin acting on Kv1.3 potassium channel

    Article • Toxicon, January 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  70. Nerve growth factor suppresses Ehrlich carcinoma growth

    Article • Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics, July 2013, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  71. Phospholipases A2 isolated from snake venoms block acetylcholine-elicited currents in identified Lymnaea stagnalis neurons

    Article • Biochemistry (Moscow) Supplement Series A Membrane and Cell Biology, July 2013, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  72. Hetlaxin, a new toxin from the Heterometrus laoticus scorpion venom, interacts with voltage-gated potassium channel Kv1.3

    Article • Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics, March 2013, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  73. Three-finger toxins, a deadly weapon of elapid venom – Milestones of discovery

    Article • Toxicon, February 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  74. Nicotinic Receptors in Nervous and Immune Systems: Identification and Functional Roles

    Article • Frontiers in Immunology, January 2013, Frontiers

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  75. Фосфолипазы А2из ядов змей блокируют ток, вызванный ацетилхолином в идентифицированных нейронахLymnaea stagnalis

    Article • Биологические мембраны Журнал мембранной и клеточной биологии, January 2013, Akademizdatcenter Nauka

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  76. Effects of Snake Venom Polypeptides on Central Nervous System

    Article • Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, October 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  77. 142. From alpha-Conotoxins and alpha-Neurotoxins to Endogenous “Prototoxins" and Binding Sites in Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

    Article • Toxicon, August 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  78. Azemiopsin fromAzemiops feaeViper Venom, a Novel Polypeptide Ligand of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2012, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  79. Erratum to: “The new peptide from the Fea’s viper Azemiops feae venom interacts with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors” [Dokl. Biochem. Biophys., 2012, vol. 442, no. 1, pp. 33–35]

    Article • Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics, May 2012, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  80. The new peptide from the Fea’s viper Azemiops feae venom interacts with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

    Article • Doklady Biochemistry and Biophysics, February 2012, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  81. Dimeric α-Cobratoxin X-ray Structure

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 2012, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  82. Inhibition of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors by Cobra Venom α-Neurotoxins: Is There a Perspective in Lung Cancer Treatment?

    Article • PLOS One, June 2011, PLOS

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  83. Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of cDNAs coding for a serine proteinase and a Kunitz-type inhibitor in the venom gland of the Vipera nikolskii viper

    Article • Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, May 2011, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  84. Snake Cytotoxins Bind to Membranes via Interactions with Phosphatidylserine Head Groups of Lipids

    Article • PLOS One, April 2011, PLOS

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  85. An unusual phospholipase A2 from puff adder Bitis arietans venom – a novel blocker of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

    Article • Toxicon, April 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  86. cDNA cloning, structural, and functional analyses of venom phospholipases A2 and a Kunitz-type protease inhibitor from steppe viper Vipera ursinii renardi

    Article • Toxicon, February 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  87. A new type of thrombin inhibitor, noncytotoxic phospholipase A2, from the Naja haje cobra venom

    Article • Toxicon, February 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  88. 10.1007/s11827-008-1003-x

    Article • January 2010, CrossRef Test Account

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  89. Functions, structures and Triton X-100 effect for the catalytic subunits of heterodimeric phospholipases A2 from Vipera nikolskii venom

    Article • Toxicon, November 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  90. Polypeptide and peptide toxins, magnifying lenses for binding sites in nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

    Article • Biochemical Pharmacology, October 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  91. Bacterial production and refolding from inclusion bodies of a “Weak” toxin, a disulfide rich protein

    Article • Biochemistry (Moscow), October 2009, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  92. Weak toxin WTX from Naja kaouthia cobra venom interacts with both nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors

    Article • FEBS Journal, August 2009, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  93. Naturally Occurring and Synthetic Peptides Acting on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

    Article • Current Pharmaceutical Design, July 2009, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  94. Steered molecular dynamics simulations of cobra cytotoxin interaction with zwitterionic lipid bilayer: No penetration of loop tips into membranes

    Article • Computational Biology and Chemistry, February 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  95. Substance P derivatives with photoactivatable labels in the N-terminal part of the molecule

    Article • Journal of Peptide Research, January 2009, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  96. Cysteine-rich venom proteins from the snakes of Viperinae subfamily – Molecular cloning and phylogenetic relationship

    Article • Toxicon, January 2009, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  97. New weak toxins from the cobra venom

    Article • Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, January 2009, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  98. Naturally Occurring Disulfide-bound Dimers of Three-fingered Toxins

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, April 2008, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  99. Heterodimeric neurotoxic phospholipases A2—The first proteins from venom of recently established species Vipera nikolskii: Implication of venom composition in viper systematics

    Article • Toxicon, March 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  100. Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors alpha4beta2 and alpha7 regulate myelo- and erythropoiesis within the bone marrow

    Article • The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology, January 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  101. Non-Lethal Polypeptide Components in Cobra Venom

    Article • Current Pharmaceutical Design, October 2007, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  102. Bacterial Expression, NMR, and Electrophysiology Analysis of Chimeric Short/Long-chain α-Neurotoxins Acting on Neuronal Nicotinic Receptors

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, June 2007, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  103. Snake Venom Polypeptides Affecting the Central Nervous System

    Article • Central Nervous System Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, June 2007, Bentham Science Publishers

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  104. Toxicity of venoms from vipers of Pelias group to crickets Gryllus assimilis and its relation to snake entomophagy

    Article • Toxicon, June 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  105. Detection of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors with the aid of antibodies and toxins

    Article • Life Sciences, May 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  106. Behavioural Effects in Mice and Intoxication Symptomatology of Weak Neurotoxin from Cobra Naja kaouthia

    Article • Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, April 2007, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  107. Computer modeling of binding of diverse weak toxins to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

    Article • Computational Biology and Chemistry, April 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  108. ?-Conotoxin analogs with additional positive charge show increased selectivity towards Torpedo�californica and some neuronal subtypes of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

    Article • FEBS Journal, October 2006, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  109. Influence of phospholipases A2 from snake venoms on survival and neurite outgrowth in pheochromocytoma cell line PC12

    Article • Biochemistry (Moscow), June 2006, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  110. alpha-Conotoxin GI benzoylphenylalanine derivatives. 1H-NMR structures and photoaffinity labeling of the Torpedo californica nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

    Article • FEBS Journal, April 2006, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  111. Natural α-conotoxins and their synthetic analogues in study of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

    Article • Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, March 2006, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  112. α-Conotoxin Analogs With Enhanced Affinity for Nicotinic Receptors and Acetylcholine-Binding Proteins

    Article • Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  113. A model for short α-neurotoxin bound to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo californica: Comparison with long-chain α-neurotoxins and α-conotoxins

    Article • Computational Biology and Chemistry, December 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  114. Naja melanoleuca cobra venom contains two forms of complement-depleting factor (CVF)

    Article • Toxicon, September 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  115. Cancer cell injury by cytotoxins from cobra venom is mediated through lysosomal damage

    Article • Biochemical Journal, August 2005, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  116. Polyclonal antibodies against native weak toxin Naja kaouthia discriminate native weak toxins and some other three-fingered toxins against their denaturated forms

    Article • Toxicon, July 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  117. Oxiagin from the Naja oxiana cobra venom is the first reprolysin inhibiting the classical pathway of complement

    Article • Molecular Immunology, June 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  118. Interaction of three-finger toxins with phospholipid membranes: comparison of S- and P-type cytotoxins

    Article • Biochemical Journal, May 2005, Portland Press Ltd.

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  119. Cobra venom contains a pool of cysteine-rich secretory proteins

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, March 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  120. Isolation and preliminary crystallographic studies of two new phospholipases A2fromVipera nikolskiivenom

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications, January 2005, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  121. Weak neurotoxin from Naja kaouthia cobra venom affects haemodynamic regulation by acting on acetylcholine receptors

    Article • Toxicon, January 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  122. Diversity of nicotinic receptors mediating Cl− current in Lymnaea neurons distinguished with specific agonists and antagonist

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, January 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  123. Intracellular domains of the δ-subunits of Torpedo and rat acetylcholine receptors—expression, purification, and characterization

    Article • Protein Expression and Purification, December 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  124. Comparative Study of Structure and Activity of Cytotoxins from Venom of the Cobras Naja oxiana, Naja kaouthia, and Naja haje

    Article • Biochemistry (Moscow), October 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  125. The first representative of glycosylated three-fingered toxins. Cytotoxin from the Naja kaouthia cobra venom

    Article • FEBS Journal, May 2004, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  126. Functional Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Are Expressed in B Lymphocyte-Derived Cell Lines

    Article • Molecular Pharmacology, September 2003, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  127. Interaction of the P-type cardiotoxin with phospholipid membranes

    Article • FEBS Journal, May 2003, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  128. Article • Neurochemical Research, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  129. Direct Cloning of a Target Gene from a Pool of Homologous Sequences: Complete cDNA Sequence of a Weak Neurotoxin from Cobra Naja kaouthia

    Article • IUBMB Life, January 2003, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  130. Article • Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  131. Toxicity of cobra venom components to cockroach Gromphadorhina portentosa

    Article • Toxicon, October 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  132. Article • Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  133. Nicotinic receptors in Lymnaea stagnalis neurons are blocked by α-neurotoxins from cobra venoms

    Article • Neuroscience Letters, August 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  134. Photoactivatable α-conotoxins reveal contacts with all subunits as well as antagonist-induced rearrangements in the Torpedo californica acetylcholine receptor

    Article • FEBS Journal, July 2001, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  135. First tryptophan-containing weak neurotoxin from cobra venom

    Article • Toxicon, July 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  136. “Weak Toxin” fromNaja kaouthiaIs a Nontoxic Antagonist of α7 and Muscle-type Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2001, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  137. Membrane binding motif of the P-type cardiotoxin

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, January 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  138. Article • Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  139. Article • Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  140. Article • Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  141. Article • Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  142. Article • Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  143. Muscarinic toxin-like proteins from cobra venom

    Article • FEBS Journal, December 2000, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  144. Muscarinic toxin-like proteins from cobra venom

    Article • FEBS Journal, December 2000, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  145. Aromatic substitutions in α-conotoxin ImI.

    Article • Toxicon, December 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  146. Physicochemical and immunological studies of the N-terminal domain �of theTorpedoacetylcholine receptor α-subunit expressed in �Escherichia coli

    Article • FEBS Journal, January 1999, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  147. Benzophenone-Type Photoactivatable Derivatives of α-Neurotoxins and α-Conotoxins in Studies onTorpedoNicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

    Article • Journal of Receptors and Signal Transduction, January 1999, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  148. Spatial structure of the M3 transmembrane segment of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor alpha subunit

    Article • FEBS Journal, July 1998, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  149. Labeling of Torpedo californica nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits by cobratoxin derivatives with photoactivatable groups of different chemical nature at Lys23

    Article • FEBS Journal, April 1998, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  150. Reverse-Phase Chromatography Isolation and MALDI Mass Spectrometry of the Acetylcholine Receptor Subunits

    Article • Protein Expression and Purification, March 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  151. The Handedness of the Subunit Arrangement of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor from Torpedo californica

    Article • FEBS Journal, December 1995, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  152. Photolabeling reveals the proximity of the alpha-neurotoxin binding site to the M2 helix of the ion channel in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 1995, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  153. Synthesis of nitrodiazirinyl derivatives of neurotoxin II fromNaja naja oxiana and their interaction with theTorpedo californica nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

    Article • The Protein Journal, May 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  154. A New Class of Photoactivatable and Cleavable Derivatives of Neurotoxin II from Naja naja oxiana. Synthesis, Characterisation, and Application for Affinity Labelling of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor from Torpedo californica

    Article • FEBS Journal, March 1995, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  155. A New Class of Photoactivatable and Cleavable Derivatives of Neurotoxin II from Naja naja oxiana. Synthesis, Characterisation, and Application for Affinity Labelling of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor from Torpedo californica

    Article • FEBS Journal, March 1995, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  156. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) and post source decay (PSD) product ion mass analysis localize a photolabel crosslinked to the delta-subunit of nAChR protein by neurotoxin II

    Article • European Journal of Mass Spectrometry, January 1995, SAGE Publications

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  157. Relationship between the binding sites for an α-conotoxin and snake venom neurotoxins in the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo californica

    Article • Toxicon, September 1994, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  158. Two-dimensional 1H-NMR study of the spatial structure of neurotoxin II from Naja naja oxiana

    Article • FEBS Journal, May 1993, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  159. Investigation of ligand binding sites of the acetylcholine receptor using photoactivatable derivatives of neurotoxin II from Naja naja oxiana

    Article • Biochemistry, September 1992, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  160. Sensitivity of Rat Brain Tachykinin Receptors to Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Ligands

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, June 1990, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  161. α-Bungarotoxin interacts with the rat brain tachykinin receptors

    Article • FEBS Letters, September 1989, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  162. Muramyl peptides bind specifically to rat brain membranes

    Article • FEBS Letters, May 1989, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  163. Interacting surfaces of neurotoxins and acetylcholine receptor

    Article • Toxicon, January 1982, Elsevier

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  164. 19F NMR determination of intramolecular distances in spin- and fluorine-labelled proteins

    Article • FEBS Letters, December 1981, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  165. EPR And fluorescence study of interaction ofNaja naja oxiananeurotoxin II and its derivatives with acetylcholine receptor protein fromTorpedo marmorata

    Article • FEBS Letters, October 1979, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  166. Conformational Studies of Neurotoxin II from Naja naja oxiana. Selective N-Acylation, Circular Dichroism and Nuclear-Magnetic-Resonance Study of Acylation Products

    Article • FEBS Journal, March 1979, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin

  167. Proton-Nuclear-Magnetic-Resonance Study of the Conformation of Neurotoxin II from Middle-Asian Cobra (Naja naja oxiana) Venom

    Article • FEBS Journal, December 1976, Wiley

    Professor Yuri N. Utkin