Biochemical and molecular characterisation of cubozoan protein toxins

Toxicon

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1162-1173

  Brinkman, Diane L ^a   Burnell, James N ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carybdea; Chirodropida; Cnidaria; Cubozoa; Cytolysin; Cytotoxic; Haemolysin; Haemolysis; Jellyfish; Lethal; Nematocyst; Pore forming; Review; Tentacle; Toxin; Venom

Indexed keywords

COELENTERATE VENOM; CYTOLYSIN; CYTOTOXIC FACTOR; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBOZOA; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVENOMATION; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POISONOUS JELLYFISH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN NECROSIS; SKIN PAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CUBOZOA; CYTOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

CARYBDEA; CNIDARIA; CUBOZOA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 70350382095     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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