Determination of hyaluronidase activity in venoms using capillary electrophoresis

Toxicon

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1107-1117

  Pattanaargson, Supason ^a,b   Roboz, John ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIDASE; VENOM;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

APOIDEA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0030273280     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(96)00083-9     Document Type: Article

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