A component of platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) venom forms slow- kinetic cation channels

Journal of Membrane Biology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-45

  Kourie, J I ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Channel forming peptides; Edema; Fluid and electrolyte homeostasis; Inward current; Muscle relaxation; Pain; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ANION CHANNEL; CATION CHANNEL; VENOM;

ARTICLE; ENVENOMATION; ION CONDUCTANCE; ION CURRENT; LIPID BILAYER; MONOTREMATE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLOW INWARD CURRENT;

ANIMALS; ION CHANNELS; KINETICS; LIPID BILAYERS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, C-TYPE; PEPTIDES; PLATYPUS; VENOMS;

MONOTREMATA; ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS;

EID: 0032757346     PISSN: 00222631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002329900581     Document Type: Article

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