Cloning and characterization of a basic phospholipase A2 homologue from Micrurus corallinus (coral snake) venom gland

Toxicon

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 249-255

  De Oliveira, Ursula Castro ^a   Assui, Alessandra ^a   Da Silva, Álvaro Rossan De Brandão Prieto ^a   De Oliveira, Jane Silveira ^a   Ho, Paulo Lee ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coral snake; Micrurus corallinus; PLA2; Snake venoms; Toxins

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTHOZOA; BOTHROPS; BOTHROPS JARARACA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICRURUS; MICRURUS CORALLINUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0242302609     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(03)00139-9     Document Type: Article

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