Isolation and characterization of lethal proteins in nematocyst venom of the jellyfish Cyanea nozakii Kishinouye

Toxicon

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-125

  Feng, Jinhua ^a,b   Yu, Huahua ^a   Li, Cuiping ^a,b   Xing, Ronge ^a   Liu, Song ^a   Wang, Lin ^a,b   Cai, Shengbao ^a,b   Li, Pengcheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Isolation; Jellyfish Cyanea nozakii Kishinouye; Lethality; Nematocyst

Indexed keywords

COELENTERATE VENOM; MARINE TOXIN; NEUROTOXIN; PAPAIN; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARP; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOPHARYNGODON IDELLUS; CYANEA NOZAKII; ENVENOMATION; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; LD 50; LETHALITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PH; POISONOUS JELLYFISH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CARPS; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, DEAE-CELLULOSE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PROTEINS; SCYPHOZOA; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

CTENOPHARYNGODON; CTENOPHARYNGODON IDELLA; CYANEA NOZAKII; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 70649100105     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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