Effects of temperature and storage conditions on the electrophoretic, toxic and enzymatic stability of venom components

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 119-127

  Munekiyo, Sean M ^a   Mackessy, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autolysis; L amino acid oxidase; Metalloprotease; Phosphodiesterase; Phospholipase A2; Rattlesnake; Serine protease; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID OXIDASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOXICITY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SNAKE; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031938648     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00294-0     Document Type: Article

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