A novel cytotoxic protein, Karatoxin, from the dorsal spines of the redfin velvetfish, Hypodytes rubripinnis

Toxin Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 260-265

  Nagasaka, Kuniko ^a   Nakagawa, Hideyuki ^b,e   Satoh, Fumihiko ^b   Hosotani, Takefumi ^b   Yokoigawa, Kumio ^b   Sakai, Hitomi ^b   Sakuraba, Haruhiko ^c   Ohshima, Toshihisa ^d   Shinohara, Mitsuko ^e   Ohura, Kiyoshi ^e  

^a Fukae Nagasaka Clinic   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e OSAKA DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytotoxic activity; Dorsal venom; Karatoxin; Lectin; Mitogenic activity; Redfin velvetfish

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC FACTOR; KARATOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CYTOTOXICITY; FISH; HYPODYTES RUBRIPINNIS; LEUKEMIA P 388; NONHUMAN; PAIN; SWELLING;

APLOACTINIDAE; HYPODYTES RUBRIPINNIS; MURINAE; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 72049118862     PISSN: 15569543     EISSN: 15569551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15569540903348940     Document Type: Article

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