Niflumic acid blocks native and recombinant T-type channels

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 227, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2542-2555

  Balderas, Enrique ^a   Ateaga Tlecuitl, Rogelio ^b   Rivera, Manuel ^b   Gomora, Juan C ^b   Darszon, Alberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL T TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL V3.1; CALCIUM CHANNEL V3.2; CALCIUM CHANNEL V3.3; NIFLUMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOCYTE; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, T-TYPE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NIFLUMIC ACID; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84857488015     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.22992     Document Type: Article

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