Partial purification of acetylcholine receptor binding components from the Duvernoy's secretions of blanding's tree snake (Boiga blandingi) and the mangrove snake (Boiga dendrophila)

Journal of Natural Toxins

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-166

  Broaders, Marie ^a   Faro, Carlos ^b   Ryan, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; TOXIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; EXOCRINE GLAND; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; SNAKE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXOCRINE GLANDS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SNAKES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033151708     PISSN: 10588108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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