Corrigendum to: Characterization of Tityus scorpion venoms using synaptosome binding assays and reactivity towards Venezuelan and Brazilian antivenoms [51(1), 66-79] (DOI:10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.08.006);Characterization of Tityus scorpion venoms using synaptosome binding assays and reactivity towards Venezuelan and Brazilian Antivenoms

Toxicon

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-79

  Borges, Adolfo ^a,b   De Sousa, Leonardo ^c   Espinoza, Jorge ^b   Santos, Raquel G ^d   Kalapothakis, Evanguedes ^e   Valadares, Diogo ^e   Chávez Olórtegui, Carlos ^e  

^a Instituto Internacional de Estudios Avanzados IDEA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

^d CENTRO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Brazil; Scorpion; Tityus; TsNTxP; TsVII; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANTITOXIN; EPITOPE; FREUND ADJUVANT; SCORPION VENOM; TITYUS TOXIN; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; BINDING SITE; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCORPION; SYNAPTOSOME;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RATTUS; SCORPIONES; TITYUS; TITYUS BAHIENSIS; TITYUS DISCREPANS; TITYUS FUNESTUS; TITYUS NORORIENTALIS; TITYUS PERIJANENSIS; TITYUS SERRULATUS; TITYUS ZULIANUS;

EID: 38049169062     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.03.012     Document Type: Erratum

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