Verrucotoxin, a stonefish venom, modulates calcium channel activity in guinea-pig ventricular myocytes

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1198-1203

  Yazawa, K ^a   Wang, J W ^a   Hao, L Y ^a,b   Onoue, Y ^c   Kameyama, M ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

adrenoceptor; Calcium channel; Heart; Verrucotoxin

Indexed keywords

5 [2 [[2 HYDROXY 3 [4 (1 METHYL 4 TRIFLUOROMETHYL 2 IMIDAZOLYL)PHENOXY]PROPYL]AMINO]ETHOXY]SALICYLAMIDE; 8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; CALCIUM CHANNEL; FISH VENOM; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; PROPRANOLOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERRUCOTOXIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNANCEIA;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FISH VENOMS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GUINEA PIGS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, BETA;

EID: 34547855812     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707340     Document Type: Article

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