Effects of trachynilysin, a protein isolated from stonefish (Synanceia trachynis) venom, on frog atrial heart muscle

Toxicon

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 945-959

  Sauviat, Martin Pierre ^a   Meunier, Frédéric A ^b   Kreger, Arnold ^c   Molgó, Jordi ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE NEUROBIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action potential; Contraction; Heart muscle; Intracellular Ca2+; Trachynilysin

Indexed keywords

STONEFISH VENOM; TRACHYNILYSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; FROG; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; INOTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATROPINE; CALCIUM; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FISH VENOMS; FISHES; HEART ATRIA; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NEUROTOXINS; RANA ESCULENTA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; INVERTEBRATA; SYNANCEIA;

EID: 0033953351     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(99)00207-X     Document Type: Article

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