Inhibition of insect calcium channels by huwentoxin-V, a neurotoxin from Chinese tarantula Ornithoctonus huwena venom

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 582, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 12-16

  Deng, Meichun ^a   Luo, Xuan ^a   Meng, Er ^a   Xiao, Yucheng ^a   Liang, Songping ^a  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcium channel; Huwentoxin V; Insect; Patch clamp; Whole cell

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; DILTIAZEM; HUWENTOXIN V; NEUROTOXIN; OMEGA CONOTOXIN GVIA; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHINESE TARANTULA; COCKROACH; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IC 50; INSECT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIDER; SPINAL GANGLION; WHOLE CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; GANGLIA, SPINAL; ION CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PERIPLANETA; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM CHANNELS; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

EID: 39149122823     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

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