Blister formation and skin damage induced by BaP1, a haemorrhagic metalloproteinase from the venom of the snake Bothrops asper

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 245-254

  Rucavado, Alexandra ^a   Núñez, Javier ^a   Gutiérrez, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Blister; Dermonecrosis; Metalloproteinase; MMPs; Skin damage; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; ENZYME ASSAY; EPIDERMIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN NECROSIS; SNAKEBITE;

ANIMALS; BLISTER; BOTHROPS; CROTALID VENOMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; GELATINASES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0031661318     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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