Bright future of optical assays for ion channel drug discovery

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 14-22

  Molokanova, Elena ^a   Savchenko, Alex ^a  

^a Invitrogen Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEQUORIN; AMLODIPINE BESYLATE; CALCIUM; CARBAMAZEPINE; CATION CHANNEL; HALORHODOPSIN; ION CHANNEL; LIDOCAINE; MEROCYANINE; PHOTOPROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; RHODAMINE; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

DEPOLARIZATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG TARGETING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HYPERPOLARIZATION; ION PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DRUG DESIGN; FLUORESCENT DYES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 37649018608     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2007.11.009     Document Type: Review

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