Sex-linked variation of Loxosceles intermedia spider venoms

Toxicon

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 217-221

  De Oliveira, Kátia Cristina ^a   Gonçalves De Andrade, Rute M ^a   Giusti, Adriana L ^a   Da Silva, Wilmar Dias ^a   Tambourgi, Denise V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; SPIDER VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX LINKAGE; SKIN NECROSIS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ARANEAE; LOXOSCELES INTERMEDIA;

EID: 0345647109     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(98)00130-5     Document Type: Article

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