A new conotoxin isolated from Conus consors venom acting selectively on axons and motor nerve terminals through a Na+-dependent mechanism

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3134-3142

  Le Gall, Frédéric ^a,b   Favreau, Philippe ^a,b   Benoit, Evelyne ^a   Mattei, César ^a   Bouet, Françoise ^c   Menou, Jean Louis ^d   Ménez, André ^c   Letourneux, Yves ^b   Molgó, Jordi ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE NEUROBIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Frog neuromuscular junction; Nodal swelling; Nodes of Ranvier; Tetrodotoxin; Transmitter release

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CONOTOXIN; EGTAZIC ACID; PEPTIDE; SNAIL VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; TETRODOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FISH; FROG; HYPEROSMOLARITY; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE EXCITATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 0032844209     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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