Comparative study of the venoms of three subspecies of Lachesis muta (bushmaster) from Brazil, Colombia and Costa Rica

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2021-2027

  Otero, Rafael ^a   Furtado, María De Fátima D ^b   Gonçalves, Luis R C ^b   Núñez, Vitelbina ^a   García, Martha E ^a   Osorio, Raúl G ^a   Romero, Marjorie ^c   Gutiérrez, José María ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VENOM;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSTA RICA; EDEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMOLYSIS; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SHORT SURVEY; SNAKE;

LACHESIS MUTA;

EID: 0032400762     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00089-0     Document Type: Article

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