International Union of Pharmacology. XLVII. Nomenclature and structure-function relationships of voltage-gated sodium channels

Pharmacological Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 397-409

  Catterall, William A ^a   Goldin, Alan L ^b   Waxman, Stephen G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BATRACHOTOXIN; BREVETOXIN; CIGUATOXIN; CONOTOXIN; GRAYANOTOXIN; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SAXITOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; SEA ANEMONE TOXIN; TETRODOTOXIN; VERATRIDINE; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SODIUM CHANNELS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 29844438166     PISSN: 00316997     EISSN: 15210081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/pr.57.4.4     Document Type: Review

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