Bongkrekic acid and atractyloside inhibits chloride channels from mitochondrial membranes of rat heart

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics

Volumn 1767, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-44

  Malekova, Lubica ^a   Kominkova, Viera ^a   Ferko, Miroslav ^b   Stefanik, Peter ^a   Krizanova, Olga ^a   Ziegelhöffer, Attila ^b   Szewczyk, Adam ^c   Ondrias, Karol ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c NENCKI INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atractyloside; Bilayer lipid membrane; Bongkrekic acid; Chloride channel; Mitochondrial membrane; Single channel property

Indexed keywords

ATRACTYLOSIDE; BONGKREKIC ACID; CARBOXYATRACTYLOSIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE; LIPID BILAYER; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ATRACTYLOSIDE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BONGKREKIC ACID; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MYOCARDIUM; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 33846187724     PISSN: 00052728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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