Effects of equinatoxin II on isolated guinea pig taenia caeci muscle contractility and intracellular Ca2+

Toxicon

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1416-1423

  Frangež, Robert ^a   Šuput, Dušan ^b   Molgó, Jordi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c LABORATOIRE DE NEUROBIOLOGIE CELLULAIRE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Equinatoxin II; Fura 2 AM; Intracellular Ca2+; Muscle contraction; Sea anemone Actinia equina; Smooth muscle cells; Taenia caeci smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

EQUINATOXIN; EQUINATOXIN 2; SODIUM; THAPSIGARGIN; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CECUM TENIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MICROFLUOROMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CYTOTOXINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; FURA-2; GUINEA PIGS; ION TRANSPORT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; SEA ANEMONES; THAPSIGARGIN;

ACTINIA EQUINA; ACTINIARIA; CAVIA; RATTUS; TAENIA;

EID: 44649094522     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.03.013     Document Type: Article

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