An aqueous endpoint assay of snake venom phospholipase A2

Toxicon

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1149-1155

  Holzer, Matthew ^a   Mackessy, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

CROTALUS MITCHELLI; SERPENTES;

EID: 0030273351     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0041-0101(96)00057-8     Document Type: Article

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