FMRFamide-like peptides (FLPs) enhance voltage-gated calcium currents to elicit muscle contraction in the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Novozhilova, Ekaterina ^a   Kimber, Michael J ^a   Qian, Hai ^a   McVeigh, Paul ^b   Robertson, Alan P ^a   Zamanian, Mostafa ^a   Maule, Aaron G ^b   Day, Tim A ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 [1 (3 AMIDINOTHIOPROPYL) 1H INDOL 3 YL] 3 (1 METHYL 1H INDOL 3 YL)MALEIMIDE; CALCIUM ION; CALPHOSTIN C; CHELERYTHRINE; GALLOPAMIL; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; NICARDIPINE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLMETHIONYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE LIKE PEPTIDE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE C; TYROSYLISOLEUCYLARGINYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERAPAMIL; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; AGENTS AFFECTING WATER, MOLECULE OR ION TRANSPORT; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SARCOLEMMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT MODULATORS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PEPTIDES; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 78149267565     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000790     Document Type: Article

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