Locating the route of entry and binding sites of benzocaine and phenytoin in a bacterial voltage gated sodium channel.

Sodium channel blockers are used to control electrical excitability in cells as a treatment for epileptic seizures and cardiac arrhythmia, and to provide short term control of pain. Development of the next generation of drugs that can selectively target one of the nine types of voltage-gated sodium...

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Main Authors: Lewis J Martin, Ben Corry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-07-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4084639?pdf=render