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MeSH Heading: Three Finger Toxins
Tree Number(s): D12.776.831.622; D20.888.850.325.600; D23.946.833.850.325.600
Unique ID: D000087443
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000087443
Scope Note: A super-family of non-enzymatic proteins found in ELAPIDAE VENOMS. They possess a unique tertiary structure resembling a hand with three fingers and have diverse biological activities due to sequence and structural variations; some are ALPHA-NEUROTOXINS that bind NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS.
Entry Term(s): 3FTXs; NK-3FTX; Three Finger Toxin; Three-Finger Toxins; Tschuditoxin-l
Pharm Action: Neurotoxins
Previous Indexing: Elapid Venoms (1997-2021)
Public MeSH Note: 2022
History Note: 2022
Date Established: 2022/01/01
Date of Entry: 2021/07/09
Revision Date: 2022/04/29

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M000737466
Scope Note: A super-family of non-enzymatic proteins found in ELAPIDAE VENOMS. They possess a unique tertiary structure resembling a hand with three fingers and have diverse biological activities due to sequence and structural variations; some are ALPHA-NEUROTOXINS that bind NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTORS.
Terms: Three Finger Toxins Preferred Term
Term UI T001087168
Date08/21/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); 3FTXs
Term UI T001089089
Date09/23/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Three-Finger Toxins
Term UI T001088825
Date09/16/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022); Three Finger Toxin
Term UI T001088826
Date09/16/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2022)

Three Finger Toxins MeSH Descriptor Data 2025