Crystallization of bothropstoxin II isolated from the venom of Bothrops jararacussu

Toxicon

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 614-617

  Bortoleto, R K ^a   Ward, R J ^a   Giglio, J R ^b   Cintra, A C O ^b   Arni, R K ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATROXOBIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0030012815     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(95)00143-3     Document Type: Article

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