Molecular determinant of Nav1.8 sodium channel resistance to the venom from the scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus hebraeus

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 331, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 79-82

  Saab, Carl Y ^a,b   Cummins, Theodore R ^a,b   Dib Hajj, Sulayman D ^a,b   Waxman, Stephen G ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Leiurus quinquestriatus toxin; Nav1.4 Serine, leucine, glutamic acid and aspargine; Nav1.8; Sodium channel; Tetrodotoxin

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; LEUCINE; SCORPION VENOM; SERINE; SODIUM CHANNEL; TETRODOTOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCORPION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SODIUM CURRENT; SPINAL GANGLION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHIMERA; GANGLIA, SPINAL; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; SCORPION VENOMS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 0037064262     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00860-1     Document Type: Article

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