Toxinological studies on the nematocyst venom of Chrysaora achlyos

Toxicon

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1581-1591

  Radwan, Faisal F Y ^a   Gershwin, Lisa Ann ^b   Burnett, Joseph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysaora; Jellyfish; Toxins; Venoms

Indexed keywords

COELENTERATE VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; JELLYFISH; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY AND INTOXICATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICE; SCYPHOZOA;

CHRYSAORA; CHRYSAORA ACHLYOS; CHRYSAORA QUINQUECIRRHA;

EID: 0034335369     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(00)00092-1     Document Type: Article

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