Effective Tityus serrulatus anti-venom produced using the Ts1 component

Toxicon

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 787-793

  Mendes, T M ^a   Dias, F ^a   Horta, C C R ^a   Pena, I F ^a   Arantes, E C ^b   Kalapothakis, E ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti venom; cDNA; Neutralizing antibodies; Recombinant; Scorpion; Serum; Tandem; Tityus serrulatus; Toxin; Toxin ; Ts1; TsVII; Venom

Indexed keywords

FREUND ADJUVANT; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT TOXIN TITYUS TOXIN 1 WITH ONE TANDEM COPY; RECOMBINANT TOXIN TITYUS TOXIN 1 WITH TWO TANDEM COPY; TITYUS TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG SCREENING; ENVENOMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RABBIT; TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIVENINS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCORPION VENOMS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SCORPIONES; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 55049128827     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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