Functional and pharmacological characterization of two different ASIC1a/2a heteromers reveals their sensitivity to the spider toxin PcTx1

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Joeres, Niko ^a   Augustinowski, Katrin ^a   Neuhof, Andreas ^a   Assmann, Marc ^a   Gründer, Stefan ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCN1 PROTEIN, RAT; ACID SENSING ION CHANNEL; ACID SENSING ION CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; ASIC1 PROTEIN, RAT; PCTX1 PROTEIN, PSALMOPOEUS CAMBRIDGEI; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN BINDING; SPIDER VENOM;

ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RAT; WISTAR RAT; XENOPUS;

ACID SENSING ION CHANNEL BLOCKERS; ACID SENSING ION CHANNELS; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; NEURONS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPIDER VENOMS; XENOPUS;

EID: 84974530563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep27647     Document Type: Article

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