A toxin to nervous, cardiac, and endocrine ERG K+channels isolated fromCentruroides noxiusscorpion venom
- 1 May 1999
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 13 (8) , 953-962
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.13.8.953
Abstract
Toxins isolated from a variety of venoms are tools for probing the physiological function and structure of ion channels. The ether-a-go-go-related genes (erg) codify for the K+ channels (ERG), whic...Keywords
Funding Information
- Fondazione Comunità Novarese Onlus (1046)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (75197-527107)
- Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
- Associazione Italiana Contro le Leucemie - Linfomi e Mieloma
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