Mechanisms of maurotoxin action on shaker potassium channels

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 776-787

  Avdonin, Vladimir ^a   Nolan, Brian ^a   Sabatier, Jean Marc ^b   De Waard, Michel ^b   Hoshi, Toshinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; MAUROTOXIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; SCORPION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; CHACTOIDEA; SCORPIO; SCORPIO MAURUS PALMATUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0033876422     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(00)76335-1     Document Type: Article

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