μ-Conotoxin PIIIa, a new peptide for discriminating among tetrodotoxin- sensitive Na channel subtypes

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4473-4481

  Shon, Ki Joon ^a   Olivera, Baldomero M ^b   Watkins, Maren ^c   Jacobsen, Richard B ^b   Gray, William R ^b   Floresca, Christina Z ^b,d   Cruz, Lourdes J ^b,d   Hillyard, David R ^c   Brink, Anette ^e   Terlau, Heinrich ^e   Yoshikami, Doju ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d The Marine Science Institute   (Philippines)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ion channel subtype; Na channels; Neuromuscular transmission; Peptide; Tetrodotoxin; Conotoxin

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; DISULFIDE; MU CONOTOXIN PIIIA; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0032526716     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-12-04473.1998     Document Type: Article

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