Hymenoptera venom proteins

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 391, Issue , 1996, Pages 169-186

  Hoffman, Donald R ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; HYALURONIDASE; INSECT VENOM; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE; MELITTIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A1; PROTEINASE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALLERGIC REACTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT BITE; LIVER NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS;

EID: 0030006560     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0361-9_10     Document Type: Article

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