Ion channel toxins and therapeutics: From cone snail venoms to ciguatera

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-64

  Lewis, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ciguatoxins; Cone snail venoms; Ion channels

Indexed keywords

BREVETOXIN; CIGUATOXIN; CONOTOXIN; SNAIL VENOM; SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG SELECTIVITY; ION TRANSPORT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CIGUATOXINS; CONOTOXINS; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MARINE TOXINS;

EID: 0033976795     PISSN: 01634356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007691-200002000-00013     Document Type: Article

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