Bioactive proteins from stonefish venom

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 802-806

  Khoo, Hoon Eng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hyaluronidase; Stonefish venom; Stonustoxin; Trachynilysin; Verrucotoxin

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIDASE; PROTEIN; STONEFISH VENOM; STONUSTOXIN;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FISH; HEMOLYSIS; LETHAL GENE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SYNANCEJA HORRIDA;

ANIMALS; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; FISH VENOMS; FISHES, POISONOUS; HUMANS; NEUROTOXINS;

EID: 0036379715     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2002.03727.x     Document Type: Article

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