Species differences in the neuromuscular activity of post-synaptic neurotoxins from two Australian black snakes (Pseudechis porphyriacus and Pseudechis colletti)

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 262-268

  Hart, Andrew J ^a   Isbister, Geoffrey K ^a,b   O'Donnell, Paul ^c   Williamson, Nicholas A ^c   Hodgson, Wayne C ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Neurotoxicity; Nicotinic receptor; Pseudechis; Snake; Venom

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ELAPITOXIN PC1; ALPHA ELAPITOXIN PPR1; AMINO ACID; NEUROTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHICK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDECHIS; PSEUDECHIS COLLETTI; PSEUDECHIS PORPHYRIACUS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; CHICKENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROTOXINS; PHRENIC NERVE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84877314290     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.03.026     Document Type: Article

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