Characterization of the venom from the Brazilian Brown Spider Loxosceles similis Moenkhaus, 1898 (Araneae, Sicariidae)

Toxicon

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 927-936

  Silvestre, F G ^a   Castro, C S De ^a   Moura, J F De ^a   Giusta, M S ^a   Maria, M De ^a   Alvares E S S ^a   Lobato, F C F ^a   Assis, R A ^a   Goncalves L A ^a   Gubert, I C ^b   Chavez Olortegui C ^a   Kalapothakis, E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brown spider; Dermonecrotic protein; Loxosceles similis; Loxoscelism; LsD1; Venom

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; SPIDER VENOM;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC CODE; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIDER; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAZIL; CLOSTRIDIUM; CROSS REACTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNE SERA; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NECROSIS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM; LOXOSCELES; LOXOSCELES INTERMEDIA; LOXOSCELES LAETA; SICARIIDAE;

EID: 28444495871     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2005.09.002     Document Type: Article

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