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Scorpion β-toxin interference with Na(V) channel voltage sensor gives rise to excitatory and depressant modes

Scorpion β toxins, peptides of ∼70 residues, specifically target voltage-gated sodium (Na(V)) channels to cause use-dependent subthreshold channel openings via a voltage–sensor trapping mechanism. This excitatory action is often overlaid by a not yet understood depressant mode in which Na(V) channel...

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Autores principales: Leipold, Enrico, Borges, Adolfo, Heinemann, Stefan H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3315148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22450487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1085/jgp.201110720

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