The relative potencies of dendrotoxins as blockers of the cloned voltage-gated K+ channel, mKv1.1 (MK-1), when stably expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1029-1034

  Owen, David G ^a,c   Hall, Adam ^b   Stephens, Gary ^d   Stow, John ^a   Robertson, Brian ^d  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Chinese hamster ovary cell; Clone; Dendrotoxins; Voltage gated K+ channel

Indexed keywords

DENDROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; POTASSIUM ION; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELAPID VENOMS; NEUROTOXINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS;

EID: 0031001639     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0701004     Document Type: Article

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