Scorpion β-toxin interference with Na v channel voltage sensor gives rise to excitatory and depressant modes

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 305-319

  Leipold, Enrico ^a   Borges, Adolfo ^b   Heinemann, Stefan H ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN; SCN4A PROTEIN, RAT; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL; SODIUM CHANNEL PROTEIN TYPE 5 SUBUNIT ALPHA; TOXIN BETA, TITYUS ZULIANUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; ION CHANNEL GATING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; RATS; SCORPION VENOMS; SODIUM CHANNELS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84861220344     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 15407748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201110720     Document Type: Article

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