Amino acid sequence of two neurotoxins from the venom of the Egyptian black snake (Walterinnesia aegyptia)

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-157

  Samejima, Y ^a   Aoki Tomomatsu, Y ^a   Yanagisawa, M ^a   Mebs, D ^b  

^a HOSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; EGYPT; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; HYDROPHID VENOMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALIA; ELAPIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; SERPENTES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WALTERINNESIA AEGYPTIA;

EID: 0031081509     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00138-9     Document Type: Article

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