Cicutoxin from Cicuta virosa - A new and potent potassium channel blocker in T lymphocytes

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 332-336

  Strauß, Ulf ^a   Wittstock, Ute ^b   Schubert, Rudolf ^a   Teuscher, Eberhard ^b   Jung, Stefan ^c   Eilhard, Mix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT TOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ALKYNES; ANIMALS; CONCANAVALIN A; DIYNES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FATTY ALCOHOLS; KINETICS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OVALBUMIN; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PLANT LECTINS; PLANTS, TOXIC; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030010275     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1996.0233     Document Type: Article

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