Biologically active polypeptides in the venom of the jellyfish Rhopilema nomadica

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 637-648

  Gusmani, Laura ^a   Avian, Massimo ^a   Galil, Bella ^b   Patriarca, Pierluigi ^a   Rottini, Giandomenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SERINE PROTEINASE; VENOM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMOLYSIS; JELLYFISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; MARINE TOXINS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PROTEINS; SCYPHOZOA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031009008     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00182-1     Document Type: Article

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