Toxins from some poisonous and venomous marine snails

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  West, Duncan J ^a   Andrews, Elizabeth B ^a   Bowman, David ^b   McVean, Alistair R ^a   Thorndyke, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium channels; conotoxins; gastropoda; ion channels; neurotoxins; prosobranchia; salivary gland; serotonin; venom

Indexed keywords

ACRYLYLCHOLINE; ANHYDROTETRODOTOXIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CONOTOXIN; DIHYDROMUREXINE; ION CHANNEL; N METHYLMUREXINE; NEUROTOXIN; SENECIOYLCHOLINE; SEROTONIN; SURUGATOXIN; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; TETRODOTOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCANYLCHOLINE; VENOM;

MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; SNAIL;

EID: 0030001624     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(95)02039-X     Document Type: Review

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