Effects of a Lasiodora spider venom on Ca2+ and Na+ channels

Toxicon

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 991-1002

  Kushmerick, C ^a   Mesquita de Carvalho, F ^a   De Maria, M ^a   Massensini, A R ^a   Romano Silva, M A ^a   Gomez, M V ^a   Kalapothakis, E ^a   Prado, M A M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ca2+ oscillations; GH3 cells; L type Ca2+ channel; Lasiodora; Mygalomorphae; Na+ channel; Spider toxin; Theraphosidae; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ION; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM ION; SPIDER VENOM; TETRODOTOXIN; TOXIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CONDUCTANCE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL STRAIN GH3; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; ION CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIDER; STEADY STATE;

ALGORITHMS; BARIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CELL LINE; FLUORESCENT DYES; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPIDER VENOMS;

ARANEAE; LASIODORA; MYGALOMORPHAE; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 0035401350     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(00)00238-5     Document Type: Article

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