Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom and toxins: An overview

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 920-932

  Cologna, Camila T ^a   Marcussi, Silvana ^a   Giglio, José R ^a   Soares, Andreimar M ^a   Arantes, Eliane C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hyaluronidase; Ion channels; Neurotoxins; Peptides; Proteases; Scorpion; Tityus serrulatus venom

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; PROTEIN; SCORPION VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SCORPION; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PROTEINS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS; SOUTH AMERICA;

SCORPIONES; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 68849101455     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986609788923329     Document Type: Article

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