Cnidarian Toxins Acting on Voltage-Gated Ion Channels
Abstract: Voltage-gated ion channels generate electrical activity in excitable cells. As such, they are essential components of neuromuscular and neuronal systems, and are targeted by toxins from a wide variety of phyla, including the cnidarians. Here, we review cnidarian toxins known to target volt...
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| author | Robert M. Greenberg Shanta M. Messerli |
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| description | Abstract: Voltage-gated ion channels generate electrical activity in excitable cells. As such, they are essential components of neuromuscular and neuronal systems, and are targeted by toxins from a wide variety of phyla, including the cnidarians. Here, we review cnidarian toxins known to target voltage-gated ion channels, the specific channel types targeted, and, where known, the sites of action of cnidarian toxins on different channels. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-23dfb9115c9b4b1f802c253575c490e62022-12-22T03:59:18ZengMDPI AGMarine Drugs1660-33972006-04-0143708110.3390/md403070Cnidarian Toxins Acting on Voltage-Gated Ion ChannelsRobert M. GreenbergShanta M. MesserliAbstract: Voltage-gated ion channels generate electrical activity in excitable cells. As such, they are essential components of neuromuscular and neuronal systems, and are targeted by toxins from a wide variety of phyla, including the cnidarians. Here, we review cnidarian toxins known to target voltage-gated ion channels, the specific channel types targeted, and, where known, the sites of action of cnidarian toxins on different channels.http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/4/3/70/Cnidariaion channelstoxinsodium channelpotassium channel |
| spellingShingle | Robert M. Greenberg Shanta M. Messerli Cnidarian Toxins Acting on Voltage-Gated Ion Channels Marine Drugs Cnidaria ion channels toxin sodium channel potassium channel |
| title | Cnidarian Toxins Acting on Voltage-Gated Ion Channels |
| title_full | Cnidarian Toxins Acting on Voltage-Gated Ion Channels |
| title_fullStr | Cnidarian Toxins Acting on Voltage-Gated Ion Channels |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cnidarian Toxins Acting on Voltage-Gated Ion Channels |
| title_short | Cnidarian Toxins Acting on Voltage-Gated Ion Channels |
| title_sort | cnidarian toxins acting on voltage gated ion channels |
| topic | Cnidaria ion channels toxin sodium channel potassium channel |
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