The effects of the peptide KPNFIRFamide (PF4) on the somatic muscle cells of the parasitic nematode Ascaris suum

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 379-386

  Holden Dye, L ^a   Brownlee, D J A ^a   Walker, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascaris; Chloride; Nematode; Neuropeptide

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE ION; IVERMECTIN; KPNFIRFAMIDE; LYSYLPROLYLASPARIGINYLPHENYLALANYLLEUCYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINE AMIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CHANNEL GATING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ION CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; NEMATODE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; ASCARIS SUUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IVERMECTIN; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROPEPTIDES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0031017922     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0700906     Document Type: Article

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