ω-Phonetoxin-IIA: A calcium channel blocker from the spider Phoneutria nigriventer

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 436, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 545-552

  Cassola, Antonio Carlos ^a   Jaffe, Howard ^b   Fales, Henry M ^c   Afeche, Solange Castro ^d   Magnoli, Fabio ^d   Cipolla Neto, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Phonetoxin IIA; Calcium channel; High voltage activated calcium channel; L Type calcium channel; N Type calcium channel; Spider toxins

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

EID: 0031666856     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050670     Document Type: Article

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