Purification and stability studies of immunoglobulins from Lachesis muta muta antivenom

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1229-1238

  Rodrigues Silva, R ^a   Martins, M S ^a   Magalhaes A ^b   Santoro, M M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VENOM ANTISERUM; VIPER VENOM;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CROTALID VENOMS; HORSES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; SORBITOL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EQUUS CABALLUS; LACHESIS; LACHESIS MUTA MUTA; VIPER;

EID: 0030789853     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00015-9     Document Type: Article

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