Molecular design of new sodium channel blockers

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 414, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 321-325

  Li, Ping ^a   Zhu, Shunyi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Drosotoxin; Structure activity relationship (SAR); Voltage gated sodium channels

Indexed keywords

DROSOTOXIN; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DRUG DESIGN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RATS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 80054838689     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.09.052     Document Type: Article

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