Picrotoxin blockade of invertebrate glutamate-gated chloride channels: Subunit dependence and evidence for binding within the pore

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 318-326

  Etter, A ^a   Cully, D F ^b   Liu, K K ^a   Reiss, B ^c   Vassilatis, D K ^a   Schaeffer, J M ^a   Arena, J P ^a,b  

^a Dept of Cell Biochem and Physiol ^*  (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Chloride channel; Glutamate; Ivermectin; Nematode; Picrotoxin

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE CHANNEL; GLUTAMIC ACID; IVERMECTIN; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NEMATODE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032951958     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.1999.72.1.318     Document Type: Article

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