Toxin and subunit specificity of blocking affinity of three peptide toxins for heteromultimeric, voltage-gated potassium channels expressed in Xenopus oocytes

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 285, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1051-1060

  Hopkins, William F ^a  

^a Neurex Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDROTOXIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SCORPION VENOM; SNAKE VENOM; TITYUS TOXIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; TOXIN ANALYSIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ELAPID VENOMS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; OOCYTES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PYRANS; SCORPION VENOMS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031838466     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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