Phospholipase A2 genes and their expressions in Thai Russell's viper venom glands

Toxicon

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 395-399

  Sai Ngam, Arkhom ^a   Phongtananant, Sawatdirak ^a   Nuchprayoon, Issarang ^a,b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Phospholipase A2 gene; Russell's viper; Thailand

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; VIPER VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; DABOIA RUSSELLII FORMOSENSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EDEMA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SNAKE; THAILAND; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; RUSSELL'S VIPER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIPER VENOMS;

DABOIA RUSSELLII; DABOIA RUSSELLII SIAMENSIS; VIPERINAE;

EID: 49649086872     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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