α-Pompilidotoxin (α-PMTX), a novel neurotoxin from the venom of a solitary wasp, facilitates transmission in the crustacean neuromuscular synapse

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 99-102

  Konno, Katsuhiro ^a   Miwa, Akiko ^b   Takayama, Hiroaki ^a   Hisada, Miki ^c   Itagaki, Yasuhiro ^c   Naoki, Hideo ^c   Yasuhara, Tadashi ^d   Kawai, Nobufumi ^e  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d K   (Japan)

^e JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pompilidotoxin; Facilitatory toxin; Lobster neuromuscular synapse; Neuromuscular transmission; Neurotoxin; Wasp venom

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LATROTOXIN; ALPHA POMPILIDOTOXIN; APAMIN; CHARYBDOTOXIN; ION CHANNEL; NEUROTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WASP VENOM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LOBSTER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASP;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; NEPHROPIDAE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WASP VENOMS;

EID: 0031555334     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00849-5     Document Type: Article

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