Cn11, the first example of a scorpion toxin that is a true blocker of Na+ currents in crayfish neurons

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 869-876

  Ramirez Dominguez, Martha E ^a   Olamendi Portugal, Timoteo ^a   Garcia, Ubaldo ^a   Garcia, Consuelo ^a   Arechiga, Hugo ^a   Possani, Lourival D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; Centruroides noxius; Crayfish; Na+ channel; Neuron; Procambarus clarkii; Scorpion toxin

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN; TOXIN 11, CENTRUROIDES NOXIUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; CRAYFISH; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ION CHANNEL GATING; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SCORPION VENOMS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARELLUS; CENTRUROIDES; CENTRUROIDES NOXIUS; CRUSTACEA; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; PROCAMBARUS; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0036336189     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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