Effects of Tityus serrulatus scorpion toxin γ on voltage-gated Na+ channels

Circulation Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 363-369

  Marcotte, P ^c   Chen, L Q ^a   Kallen, R G ^a   Chahine, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

human cardiac muscle; rat skeletal muscle; sodium channel; Tityus serrulatus toxin; voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHANNEL; TITYUS TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031057891     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.80.3.363     Document Type: Article

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