Comparison and characterization of the venoms of three Parabuthus scorpion species occurring in southern Africa

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 341-352

  Debont, Tom ^a   Swerts, An ^a   Van Der Walt, Jurg J ^b   Müller, Gert J ^c   Verdonck, Fons ^a   Daenens, Paul ^a   Tytgat, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SCORPION VENOM; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; ENVENOMATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; GUINEA PIGS; HEART; ION CHANNEL GATING; NAMIBIA; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SODIUM CHANNELS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031979472     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00099-8     Document Type: Article

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