Role of free thiol groups in the biological activities of stonustoxin, a lethal factor from stonefish (Synanceja horrida) venom

Toxicon

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 469-476

  Khoo, Hoon Eng ^a,b   Chen, Desong ^b   Yuen, Raymond ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STONEFISH VENOM; STONUSTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ENVENOMATION; FISH; HEMOLYSIS; LETHAL GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; DITHIONITROBENZOIC ACID; DITHIOTHREITOL; FISH VENOMS; FISHES, POISONOUS; FREE RADICALS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; MALE; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RATS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

ANIMALIA; SYNANCEIA HORRIDA;

EID: 17344378549     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-0101(97)00152-9     Document Type: Article

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