Isolation and Biological Properties of Phospholipases from the Venom of Sea-Snake, Hydrophis spiralis

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 191-201

  Alam, Junaid Mahmood ^a,b   Qasim, Rashida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b DHA ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Phospholipases; Toxins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000677246     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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