Specific In Vitro Biological Activity of Snake Venom Myotoxins

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 1030-1042

  Brusés, Juan L ^a   Capaso, Juan ^a   Katz, Eleonora ^a   Pilar, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bothrops nummifer; Myotoxins; Snake venom; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM; TOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; IN VITRO STUDY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROPHAGE; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SNAKE; TOXICITY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TRANSVERSE TUBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLES; SNAKE VENOMS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TISSUE CULTURE;

BOTHROPS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0027509737     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1993.tb03251.x     Document Type: Article

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