Toxins isolated from the venom of the Brazilian coral snake (Micrurus frontalis frontalis) include hemorrhagic type phospholipases A2 and postsynaptic neurotoxins

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1193-1203

  Francis, Brian R ^a   Jorge Da Silva Jr , Nelson ^b   Seebart, Corrine ^a   Casais E Silva, Luciana Lyra ^c   Schmidt, James J ^d   Kaiser, Ivan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^d UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANTHOZOA; ELAPIDAE; MICRURUS FRONTALIS; NOTECHIS; NOTECHIS SCUTATUS SCUTATUS; PANTHERA TIGRIS; SERPENTES; SPILOTES PULLATUS PULLATUS;

EID: 0030748490     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00031-7     Document Type: Article

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