Purification and Characterization of Loxnecrogin, a Dermonecrotic Toxin from Loxosceles gaucho Brown Spider Venom

Journal of Protein Chemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-146

  Cunha, Ricardo Bastos ^a   Barbaro, Katia Cristina ^b   Muramatsu, Daniela ^b   Vieira Portaro, Fernanda Calheta ^b   Fontes, Wagner ^a   De Sousa, Marcelo Valle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brown spider venom; Dermonecrotic toxin; Loxosceles gaucho; Mass spectrometry; Purification

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; LEXNECROGIN A; LEXNECROGIN B; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DERMOTOXINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; INSECT PROTEINS; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEINS; RABBITS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SKIN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS; TRYPSIN;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA; LOXOSCELES; LOXOSCELES GAUCHO;

EID: 1642574226     PISSN: 02778033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023470829671     Document Type: Article

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