Effect of melittin on electrophysiological parameters in the frog cornea epithelium

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-209

  Carrasquer, Gaspar ^a   Yang, Shen ^a   Schwartz, Manuel ^b   Dinno, Mumtaz A ^c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BUMETANIDE; MELITTIN; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FROG; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0030028387     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-211-43963     Document Type: Article

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