Comparative evaluation of immunological and structural similarities of snake venom C-type lectin proteins

Toxicon

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 525-528

  Castro, H C ^a,b   Lemos, M G J ^a   Bon, C ^c   Zingali, R B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Antibody; Bothrojaracin; C type lectin; Crossreaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BINDING PROTEIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; BOTHROJARACIN; BOTROCETIN; CONVULXIN; EPITOPE; LECTIN; SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; DENATURATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROTALID VENOMS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; LECTINS, C-TYPE; SNAKE VENOMS; SNAKES;

BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS JARARACA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0037379228     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(02)00358-6     Document Type: Article

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