Isolation, characterization and biological properties of two kinin-like peptides (peptide-S and peptide-R) from Scaptocosa raptoria venom

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-39

  Ferreira, L A F ^a   Lucas, S M ^a   Alves, E W ^d   Hermann, V V ^a   Reichl, A P ^a   Habermehl, G ^b   Zingali, R B ^c  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KININ LIKE PEPTIDE; R PEPTIDE; S PEPTIDE; SCAPTOCOSA RAPTORIA VENOM; SEPHADEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPIDER VENOMS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; CAVIA PORCELLUS; INVERTEBRATA; SCAPTOCOSA RAPTORIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031900472     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00059-7     Document Type: Article

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