The role of tryptophan residues in the hemolytic activity of stonustoxin, a lethal factor from stonefish (Synanceja horrida) venom

Biochimie

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 251-257

  Yew, Wen Shan ^a   Khoo, Hoon Eng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH VENOM; STONUSTOXIN; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FISH; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; SYNANCEIA HORRIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034117834     PISSN: 03009084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9084(00)00203-0     Document Type: Article

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