U-shaped dose-dependent effects of BmK AS, a unique scorpion polypeptide toxin, on voltage-gated sodium channels

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1895-1903

  Zhu, Mang Mang ^a,b   Tao, Jie ^b   Tan, Miao ^a   Yang, Hong Tian ^b   Ji, Yong Hua ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Polypeptide modulator; Scorpion toxin; U shaped dose dependence; Voltage gated sodium channels

Indexed keywords

BUTHUS MARTENSI KARSCH AS TOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HYPERPOLARIZATION; KINETICS; MOUSE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL GANGLION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; MICE; NEUROBLASTOMA; OOCYTES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; SCORPION VENOMS; SODIUM CHANNELS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 71649099658     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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