Two polypeptide toxins with opposite effects on calcium uptake in bovine chromaffin cells: Isolation from the venom of the marine snail Conus distans

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 619-624

  Partoens, P ^a   Wang, J M ^a   Coen, E P ^a   Vauquelin, G ^b   De Potter, W P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM 45; POLYPEPTIDE; VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CATTLE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GEL FILTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SNAIL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CONUS DISTANS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0029953666     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0197-0186(95)00143-3     Document Type: Article

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