Phyla- and subtype-selectivity of CgNa, a Na+ channel toxin from the venom of the Giant Caribbean Sea Anemone Condylactis gigantea

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 1 NOV, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Billen, Bert ^a   Debaveye, Sarah ^a   Béress, Lászlo ^b   Garateix, Anoland ^c   Tytgat, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c Center for Marine Bioproducts (CeBiMar)   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Inactivation; Sea anemone; Selectivity; Sodium channel; Subtype; Toxin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865980970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2010.00133     Document Type: Article

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