Assay technologies for screening ion channel targets

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 124-134

  Mattheakis, L C ^a   Savchenko, A ^a  

^a INVITROGEN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; High throughput screening; Ion channels; Membrane potential; Patch clamp

Indexed keywords

AEQUORIN; CALCIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE; ION CHANNEL; TRACER;

ASSAY; BINDING COMPETITION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; LUMINESCENCE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SENSOR; YEAST;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS;

EID: 0035147509     PISSN: 13676733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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