Inactivated state dependence of sodium channel modulation by β-scorpion toxin

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 437, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 661-668

  Tsushima, Robert G ^a   Borges, Adolfo ^b   Backx, Peter H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Scorpion toxin; Channel gating; Inactivation mutant; Sodium channel; Xenopus oocyte

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM CONDUCTANCE; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OOCYTES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SCORPION VENOMS; SODIUM CHANNELS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032935518     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004240050830     Document Type: Article

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