Equinatoxin II increases intracellular Ca2+ in NG 108–15 cells

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 439, Issue 7, 2000, Pages R100-R101

  Frangež, Robert ^a   Meunier, Frederick ^b   Molgo, Jordi ^b   Suput, Dusan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b LABORATOIRE DE NEUROBIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Calcium activity; Equinatoxin; NG 108 15 cells

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; EQUINATOXIN II; FURA 2; KANAMYCIN B; TETRODOTOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; CALCIUM; COELENTERATE VENOM; EQUINATOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SWELLING; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GLIOMA CELL LINE; LD50; MEASUREMENT; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA; NG 108 15 CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY ARREST; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MICE; NEURONS; RATS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0033627601     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03376535     Document Type: Article

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