Crotamine pharmacology revisited: Novel insights based on the inhibition of K v channels

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-96

  Peigneur, Steve ^a   Orts, Diego J B ^b   Prieto Da Silva, Alvaro R ^c   Oguiura, Nancy ^c   Boni Mitake, Malvina ^d   De Oliveira, Eduardo B ^b   Zaharenko, André J ^c   De Freitas, Jose C ^b   Tytgat, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CROTAMINE; ION CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; IC 50; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLTAGE CLAMP; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; OOCYTES; PEPTIDES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84862556368     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: 15210111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.112.078188     Document Type: Article

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