Ion Channels and Their Inhibitors

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gupta, Satya Prakash (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Pharmacy.; Molecular biology.; Medicinal chemistry.; Proteins.; Medicinal Chemistry.; Molecular Medicine.; Protein Science.

Being the crucial components of living cells, ion channels are important targets of therapeutic agents. Historically, it has been challenging to develop drugs on this target class. A major issue with target based ion channel drug development is the identification of effective small chemical leads fo...