The phylum Cnidaria and investigations of its toxins and venoms until 1990

Toxicon

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1031-1037

  Turk, Tom ^a   Kem, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Department of Clinical and Health Psychology   (United States)

Author keywords

Actinoporin; Cnidarian; Nematocyst; Toxin; Venom

Indexed keywords

ANTHOPLEURIN A; COELENTERATE VENOM; EQUINATOXIN; LOPHOTOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; PALYTOXIN; SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; COELENTERATE; CONVULSION; CYTOLYSIS; ENVENOMATION; HEMOLYSIS; JELLYFISH; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MARINE SPECIES; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ANEMONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CYTOTOXINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEUROTOXINS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; GASTROPODA; SCORPIONES; SERPENTES;

EID: 70350406495     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.06.031     Document Type: Article

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