The effects of Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox) venom on the production of antihemorrhagins and/or antibodies in the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

Toxicon

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 427-439

  McKeller, Morgan R ^a   Pérez, John C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antihemorrhagin; Crotalinae; Crotalus; Didelphis; Electrophoretic titration; Hemorrhagin; High performance liquid chromatography; Opossum; Proteinase inhibitors; Proteolytic activity; Venom; Viperid

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIHEMORRHAGIN; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNIZATION; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; HEMORRHAGE; IMMUNIZATION; OPOSSUMS; PROTEASE INHIBITORS;

ANIMALIA; CROTALINAE; CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0036135064     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(01)00220-3     Document Type: Article

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