The detection of hemorrhagic proteins in snake venoms using monoclonal antibodies against virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) serum

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1451-1459

  Sánchez, Elda E ^a   García, Celia ^a   Pérez, John C ^a   De La Zerda, Sandra J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; ENVENOMATION; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SNAKEBITE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIVENINS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; HEMORRHAGE; OPOSSUMS; RABBITS; SNAKE VENOMS; SNAKES;

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS ATROX; CROTALUS PUSILLUS; CROTALUS SCUTULATUS; CROTALUS SCUTULATUS SCUTULATUS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS LUTOSUS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS OREGANUS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS VIRIDIS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; MICROPUS; NEOTOMA MICROPUS; OPHIOPHAGUS HANNAH; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345451048     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00087-7     Document Type: Article

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