Characterization of a myotoxin from the Duvernoy's gland secretion of the xenodontine colubrid Philodryas olfersii (green snake): Effects on striated muscle and the neuromuscular junction

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1407-1421

  Prado Franceschi, J ^a   Hyslop, S ^a   Cogo, J C ^a,c   Andrade, A L ^a   Assakura, M T ^b   Reichl, A P ^b   Cruz Hofling M A ^a   Rodrigues Simioni, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENVENOMATION; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKEBITE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BOTHROPS; CHICKENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; COLUBRIDAE; CREATINE KINASE; CROTALID VENOMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXOCRINE GLANDS; MALE; MICE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SNAKE VENOMS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; COLUBRIDAE; OPHEODRYS; PHILODRYAS OLFERSII; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031859760     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00075-0     Document Type: Article

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