A component of platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) venom forms slow-kinetic cation channels
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1999
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Kourie, Joseph
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The lipid bilayer technique is used to examine the biophysical properties of anion and cation channels frequently formed by platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) venom (OaV). The OaV-formed anion channel in 250/50 mm KCl cis/trans has a maximum conductance
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Keywords: anion channel; cation channel; venom; article; envenomation; ion conductance; ion current; lipid bilayer; monotremate; nonhuman; signal transduction; slow inward current; Animals; Ion Channels; Kinetics; Lipid Bilayers; Membrane Potentials; Natriuretic Pe Channel-forming peptides; Edema; Fluid and electrolyte homeostasis; Inward current; Muscle relaxation; Pain; Signal transduction
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Journal of Membrane Biology
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