Isolation and characterization of Helothermine, a novel toxin from Heloderma horridum horridum (Mexican beaded lizard) venom

Toxicon

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1990, Pages 299-309

  Mochca Morales, Javier ^a   Martin, Brian M ^b   Possani, Lourival D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SAURIAN VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HELOTHERMINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; REPTILE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL; ION CHANNELS; LIZARDS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOXINS; VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; HELODERMA HORRIDUM HORRIDUM; HELODERMA SP.; REPTILIA; SAURIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0025259449     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(90)90065-F     Document Type: Article

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