Sphingomyelinase D activity of brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa) venom as studied by 31P-NMR: Effects on the time-course of sphingomyelin hydrolysis

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 537-545

  Merchant, Michael L ^a   Hinton, James F ^b   Geren, Collis R ^b  

^a TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; SPIDER VENOM;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ISOLATION; HYDROLYSIS; INSECT BITE; LIPOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORUS NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; HYDROLYSIS; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICELLES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; SPHINGOMYELINS; SPIDER VENOMS; TEMPERATURE;

ARANEAE; GALLUS GALLUS; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LOXOSCELES RECLUSA;

EID: 0032559939     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00078-0     Document Type: Article

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