Cloning and characterization of an α-neurotoxin-type protein specific for the coral snake Micrurus corallinus

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 887-891

  Silveira De Oliveira, Jane ^a   Rossan De Brandão Prieto Da Silva, Álvaro ^a   Soares, Marcelo Bento ^b   Stephano, Marco Antonio ^a   De Oliveira Dias, Waldely ^a   Raw, Isaías ^a   Ho, Paulo Lee ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NEUROTOXIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SNAKE VENOM; TOXIN ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

MICRURUS CORALLINUS;

EID: 0343775747     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.2033     Document Type: Article

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