Variability of bothrojaracin isoforms and other venom principles in individual jararaca (Bothrops jararaca) snakes maintained under seasonally invariant conditions

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 153-163

  Monteiro, Robson Q ^a   Yamanouye, Norma ^b   Carlini, Célia R ^a   Guimarães, Jorge A ^a   Bon, Cassian ^c   Zingali, Russolina B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTHROJARACIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS JARARACA; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031948808     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00061-5     Document Type: Article

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