Purification and characterization of BaH4, a hemorrhagic metalloproteinase from the venom of the snake Bothrops asper

Toxicon

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-77

  Franceschi, Aida ^a   Rucavado, Alexandra ^a   Mora, Nidia ^a   Gutiérrez, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Bothrops asper; Hemorrhage; Metalloproteinase; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SNAKE; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; BOTHROPS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CROTALID VENOMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMORRHAGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0033991114     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(99)00127-0     Document Type: Article

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