Characterization of the two myotoxin a isomers from the prairie rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis viridis) by capillary zone electrophoresis and fluorescence quenching studies

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 689-698

  Nedelkov, Dobrin ^a   Bieber, Allan L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOTOXIN; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ZONE ELECTROPHORESIS; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; FLUORESCENCE; ISOELECTRIC POINT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SNAKE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; FLUORESCENT DYES; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0030919709     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00175-4     Document Type: Article

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