Chemical modification of histidine and lysine residues of myotoxic phospholipases A2 isolated from Bothrops asper and Bothrops godmani snake venoms: Effects on enzymatic and pharmacological properties

Toxicon

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 241-252

  Díaz Oreiro, Cecilia ^a   Gutiérrez, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SNAKE; TOXICITY;

ACETOPHENONES; ACETYLATION; ALKYLATION; ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; BOTHROPS; HISTIDINE; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LIPOSOMES; LYSINE; MICE; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; SHEEP; VIPER VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS ASPER; OVIS ARIES; SERPENTES;

EID: 0031081513     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(96)00128-6     Document Type: Article

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