Flow cytometric analysis of cell killing by the jumper ant venom peptide pilosulin 1

Cytometry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 268-273

  King, Malcolm A ^a   Wu, Qi Xuan ^a   Donovan, Gregory R ^a   Baldo, Brian A ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

7 aminoactinomycin D; Cytotoxic peptides; Flow cytometry; Melittin; Pilosulin 1

Indexed keywords

7 AMINODACTINOMYCIN; ANT VENOM; MELITTIN; PEPTIDE;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL KILLING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANT VENOMS; ANTS; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; ERYTHROCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; LYMPHOCYTES; MELITTEN; PEPTIDES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032145841     PISSN: 01964763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0320(19980801)32:4<268::AID-CYTO2>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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