Partial purification of cytolytic venom proteins from the box jellyfish, Chironex fleckeri

Toxicon

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 853-863

  Brinkman, Diane ^a   Burnell, James ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Box jellyfish; CfTX; Chironex fleckeri; Cnidaria; Cytolysin; Cytolytic; Haemolysin; Haemolytic; Nematocysts; Toxin; Venom

Indexed keywords

COELENTERATE VENOM; CYTOLYSIN; HEMOLYSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; JELLYFISH; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SHEEP; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGAR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CUBOZOA; CYTOTOXINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; PROTEINS; PROTEOMICS;

CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CNIDARIA; CUBOZOA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 40649093255     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.12.017     Document Type: Article

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