Cardiotoxicity of verrucotoxin, a protein isolated from the venom of Synanceia verrucosa

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 47-55

  Garnier, Pascale ^a   Sauviat, Martin Pierre ^b   Goudey Perriere, Françoise ^a   Perriere, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; FISH VENOM; GLIBENCLAMIDE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN; TETRYLAMMONIUM; TOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHRONOTROPISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FROG; INOTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ATRIAL FUNCTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FISH VENOMS; FISHES, POISONOUS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEART ATRIA; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NEUROTOXINS; PROTEINS; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 0031033415     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00075-X     Document Type: Article

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