Primary structure and biological activity of snake venom lectin (APL) from Agkistrodon p. piscivorus (Eastern cottonmouth)

Toxicon

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1053-1064

  Komori, Yumiko ^a   Nikai, Toshiaki ^a   Tohkai, Tomoaki ^a   Sugihara, Hisayoshi ^a  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. p. piscivorus; Hemagglutination; Lectin; Primary structure; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

EGTAZIC ACID; GALACTOSE; LACTOSE; LECTIN; RHAMNOSE; SNAKE VENOM;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RABBIT;

AGKISTRODON; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMANS; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SNAKE VENOMS;

AGKISTRODON; AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS PISCIVORUS; ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0032904607     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00239-6     Document Type: Article

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