Two neurotoxins (BMK I and BMK II) from the venom of the scorpion Buthus martensi Karsch: Purification, amino acid sequences and assessment of specific activity

Toxicon

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 987-1001

  Ji, Yong Hua ^a   Mansuelle, P ^b   Terakawa, S ^c   Kopeyan, C ^b   Yanaihara, N ^d   Hsu, Ke ^a   Rochat, H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; SCORPION VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030247156     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(96)00065-7     Document Type: Article

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