Effect of pepsin digestion on the antivenom activity of equine immunoglobulins

Toxicon

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 876-882

  Morais, Victor ^a   Massaldi, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

F(ab )2; Immunoglobulin; Isotypes

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB')2 FRAGMENT; PEPSIN A; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; PH MEASUREMENT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BOTHROPS; CROTALID VENOMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FAB FRAGMENTS; PEPSIN A; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BOTHROPS; EQUIDAE;

EID: 28444469762     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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