Electrophysiological analysis of the neurotoxic action of a funnel-web spider toxin, δ-atracotoxin-Hv1a, on insect voltage-gated Na+ channels

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 711-721

  Grolleau, Françoise ^a   Stankiewicz, Maria ^a   Birinyi Strachan, Liesl ^a   Wang, Xiu Hong ^a   Nicholson, Graham M ^a   Pelhate, Marcel ^a   Lapied, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

Atracotoxin; Funnel web spider; Hadronyche versuta; Insect neurone; Spider neurotoxin; Vertebrate neurone

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; BLATTARIA; DIPLURIDAE; HADRONYCHE; HADRONYCHE VERSUTA; INSECTA; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; SCORPIONES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035745674     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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