Crystallization of piratoxin I, A myotoxic LYS49-phospholipase A2 homologue isolated from the venom of Bothrops Pirajai

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 547-551

  Canduri, Fernanda ^a   Mancuso, Liz C ^b   Soares, Andreimar M ^b   Giglio, José R ^b   Ward, Richard J ^a   Arni, Raghuvir K ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVE; SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SNAKE; SNAKEBITE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BOTHROPS; CROTALID VENOMS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; NEUROTOXINS; PHOSPHOLIPASES A;

BOTHROPS PIRAJAI; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032559942     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00120-7     Document Type: Article

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