Fishing for bioactive substances from scorpionfish and some sea urchins

Journal of Natural Toxins

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 297-304

  Satoh, F ^a   Nakagawa, H ^a   Yamada, H ^a   Nagasaka, K ^b   Nagasaka, T ^b   Araki, Y ^c   Tomihara, Y ^d   Nozaki, M ^e   Sakuraba, H ^a   Ohshima, T ^a   Hatakeyama, T ^f   Aoyagi, H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b Fukae Nagasaka Clinic   (Japan)

^c Okinawa Chou Health Center   (Japan)

^d Okayama Prefectural University   (Japan)

^e OKINAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (Japan)

^f NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH VENOM; LECTIN; MARINE TOXIN; MITOGENIC AGENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEA URCHIN; SPLEEN; TOXIC FISH;

AGGLUTINATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FISH VENOMS; FISHES, POISONOUS; LECTINS; MARINE TOXINS; MICE; MITOGENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEA URCHINS; SPLEEN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; MURINAE; SYNANCEIA VERRUCOSA; TOXOPNEUSTES; TOXOPNEUSTES PILEOLUS; TRIPNEUSTES; TRIPNEUSTES GRATILLA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036915041     PISSN: 10588108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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