Functional characterization and epitope analysis of a recombinant dermonecrotic protein from Loxosceles intermedia spider

Toxicon

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 509-519

  Felicori, L ^a   Araujo, S C ^a   Machado de Avila R A ^a   Sanchez, E F ^b   Granier, C ^c   Kalapothakis, E ^a   Chavez Olortegui C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FUNDAÇÃO EZEQUIEL DIAS   (Brazil)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Epitope mapping; Loxosceles venom; Recombinant dermonecrotic protein; Synthetic peptides

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; EPITOPE; PEPTIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SPHINGOMYELIN PHOSPHODIESTERASE; VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN VIVO STUDY; LD 50; MASS SPECTROMETER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SPIDER; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

ANIMALS; EPITOPES; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NECROSIS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PLATELET AGGREGATION; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SKIN; SPIDER VENOMS;

ARANEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOXOSCELES; LOXOSCELES GAUCHO; LOXOSCELES INTERMEDIA; LOXOSCELES LAETA;

EID: 33748172799     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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