Apparent membrane pore-formation by Portuguese Man-of-war (Physalia physalis) venom in intact cultured cells

Toxicon

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1299-1305

  Edwards, Lincoln P ^a   Whitter, Ernest ^a   Hessinger, David A ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloid osmotic mechanism; Cytolysis; Fura 2; Membrane pores; Nematocyst; Osmotic protectants; Physalia physalis; Portuguese Man of war; Venom

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MACROGOL; SUCROSE; VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME RELEASE; IC 50; MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FIBROBLASTS; HYDROZOA; ION CHANNELS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MICE; OSMOSIS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RATS; SUCROSE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

PHYSALIA PHYSALIA; PHYSALIA PHYSALIS; PHYSALIS;

EID: 0036709314     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00138-1     Document Type: Article

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