Lys49 phospholipase A2 myotoxins lyse cell cultures by two distinct mechanisms

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1549-1555

  Fletcher, Jeffrey E ^a   Jiang, Ming Shi ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE PHOSPHOLIPID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BOTHROPSTOXIN; CYTOTOXIN; MYOTOXIN II, BOTHROPS ASPER; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; NEUROTOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A;

CELL CULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; LIPID METABOLISM; MUSCLE NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGKISTRODON; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; SNAKE;

AGKISTRODON; ANIMALS; BOTHROPS; CROTALID VENOMS; CYTOTOXINS; FATTY ACIDS; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MICE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROTOXINS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031593833     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00147-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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