Factors altering the haemolytic power of crude venom from Aiptasia mutabilis (Anthozoa) nematocysts

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 418-422

  Marino, A ^a   Morabito, R ^a   La Spada, G ^a  

^a Section of General Physiology and Pharmacology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aiptasia mutabilis; Crude venom; Haemolysis; Nematocysts

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BARIUM ION; CALCIUM ION; CHYMOTRYPSIN A; COLLAGENASE; COPPER ION; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; MACROGOL; MAGNESIUM ION; PAPAIN; POTASSIUM ION; TRYPSIN; VENOM;

AIPTASIA MUTABILIS; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSMOSIS; ULTRASOUND;

ACONTIA; AIPTASIA MUTABILIS; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 61349161054     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.11.016     Document Type: Article

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