Some effects of the venom of the Chilean spider Latrodectus mactans on endogenous ion-currents of Xenopus laevis oocytes

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 375, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 571-575

  Parodi, Jorge ^a,b   Romero, Fernando ^a   Miledi, Ricardo ^b   Martínez Torres, Ataúlfo ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Latrodectus mactans; Oocytes; Potassium channels; Venom; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SHAKER POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SPIDER VENOM; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; ION CURRENT; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BLACK WIDOW SPIDER; CALCIUM; CHLORIDES; KV1.1 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; OOCYTES; POTASSIUM; RNA, MESSENGER; SPIDER VENOMS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ARANEAE; LATRODECTUS MACTANS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 51449107385     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.08.070     Document Type: Article

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