A functional comparison of the venom of three Australian jellyfish: Chironex fleckeri, Chiropsalmus sp., and Carybdea xaymacana - On cytosolic Ca 2+, haemolysis and Artemia sp. lethality

Toxicon

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 233-242

  Bailey, Paul M ^a,c   Bakker, Anthony J ^a   Seymour, Jamie E ^b   Wilce, Jacqueline A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Aboriginal Rural Hlth Care U

Author keywords

Calcium; Carybdea xaymacana; Chironex fleckeri; Chiropsalmus sp.; Cnidarian venoms; Haemolysis; Jellyfish; Lethality; Verapamil

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; SNAKE VENOM; VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; CARYBDEA XAYMACANA; CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CHIROPSALMUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; HEMOLYSIS; JELLYFISH; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CUBOZOA; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LANTHANUM; MANGANESE; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SHEEP; VERAPAMIL;

ARTEMIA SP.; CARYBDEA XAYMACANA; CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CHIROPSALMUS; CNIDARIA;

EID: 11144247286     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.10.013     Document Type: Article

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