The facilitatory actions of snake venom phospholipase A2 neurotoxins at the neuromuscular junction are not mediated through voltage-gated K+ channels

Toxicon

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1871-1882

  Behrooz Fathi, H ^a   Rowan, Edward G ^a   Harvey, Alan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bungarotoxin; Acetylcholine release; Ammodytoxin; Crotoxin; Neuromuscular junction; Notexin; Phospholipase A2; Taipoxin; Voltage gated K+ channels

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMMODYTOXIN A; AMMODYTOXIN C; BETA BUNGAROTOXIN; CROTOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; NOTEXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM ION; SNAKE VENOM; TAIPOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CROTOXIN; ELAPID VENOMS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIBROBLASTS; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROTOXINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; VIPER VENOMS;

MAMMALIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0034791407     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(01)00170-2     Document Type: Article

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