Calcium-independent membrane damage by venom phospholipases A2

Protein and Peptide Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 877-886

  De Oliveira, A H C ^a   Aragao E A ^a   Sa J M ^a   Chioato, L ^a   Bugs Bortoleto, R ^b   Ruller, R ^a   Ferreira, T L ^a   Ward, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Membrane permeabilization; Micelle nucleation; Molecular mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849106813     PISSN: 09298665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986609788923392     Document Type: Article

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