Tracking sodium channels in live cells: Confocal imaging using fluorescently labeled toxins

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 189-196

  Massensini, Andre R ^a,b   Suckling, John ^a,c   Brammer, Michael J ^a   Moraes Santos, Tasso ^b   Gomez, Marcus V ^b   Romano Silva, Marco A ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fluorescence; GH3 cells; Scorpion toxins; Sodium channels

Indexed keywords

SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE PROCESSING; INCUBATION TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SCORPION VENOMS; SODIUM CHANNELS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0037094425     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(02)00040-7     Document Type: Article

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