Purification and characterization of a lethal factor in venom from the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci)

Toxicon

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1988, Pages 1077-1083

  Shiomi, Kazuo ^a   Yamamoto, Shinsuke ^a   Yamanaka, Hideaki ^a   Kikuchi, Takeaki ^a  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ASTERIAS; INVERTEBRATE; LETHAL GENE; NONHUMAN;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; STARFISH; VENOMS;

EID: 0024244215     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(88)90206-1     Document Type: Article

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