Variations of Phospholipases A2 in the Geographic Venom Samples of Pitvipers

Journal of Toxicology - Toxin Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 651-662

  Tsai, Inn Ho ^a   Wang, Ying Ming ^a   Chen, Yi Hsuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Geographic variations of venom; Molecular cloning; Phospholipase A2; Pitviper venom

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SNAKE VENOM;

ADAPTATION; ASIA; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; DNA SEQUENCE; EDEMA; ENZYME PURIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; THROMBOCYTE; UNITED STATES;

CALLOSELASMA RHODOSTOMA; CROTALINAE; CROTALUS; PROTOBOTHROPS; SERPENTES; TRIMERESURUS; TRIMERESURUS STEJNEGERI; VIPERINAE;

EID: 0346122938     PISSN: 07313837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/TXR-120026919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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