Similarities and differences in mechanisms of cardiotoxins, melittin and other myotoxins

Toxicon

Volumn 34, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 1301-1311

  Fletcher, Jeffrey E ^a   Hubert, Marcy ^a   Wieland, Steven J ^a   Gong, Qi Hua ^a   Jiang, Ming Shi ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOTOXIN; CROTAMINE; FATTY ACID; MELITTIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; SODIUM CHANNEL; TOXIN;

CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; ION CURRENT; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE NECROSIS; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM;

BEE VENOMS; CELL DEATH; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COBRA VENOMS; DIRECT LYTIC FACTORS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; LIPASE; MELITTEN; NEUROTOXINS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SODIUM CHANNELS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0030294854     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00105-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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