Mass spectrometry analysis of the phospholipase A2 activity of snake pre-synaptic neurotoxins in cultured neurons

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 737-744

  Paoli, Marco ^a   Rigoni, Michela ^a   Koster, Grielof ^a   Rossetto, Ornella ^a   Montecucco, Cesare ^a   Postle, Anthony D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lysophospholipids; Phospholipase A2 activity; Snake neurotoxins; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BETA BUNGAROTOXIN; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPID; NEUROTOXIN; NOTEXIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; TAIPOXIN; TEXTILOTOXIN; TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME RELEASE; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; ELAPID VENOMS; LIPIDS; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEURONS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; RATS; SNAKE VENOMS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349907596     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06365.x     Document Type: Article

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