The phylogenetic distribution of sphingomyelinase D activity in venoms of Haplogyne spiders

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-33

  Binford, Greta J ^a,b   Wells, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative; Diversity; Evolutionary origin; Loxosceles; Proteins; Sicarius; Toxin; Variation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SPHINGOMYELIN; SPHINGOMYELINASE D; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; HAPLOGYNE; LOXOSCELES; SICARIUS;

EID: 0037683720     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00045-9     Document Type: Article

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