A preliminary study for the detection of gelatinolytic proteases from the scorpion Androctonus crassicauda (Turkish black scorpion) venom

Turkish Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 148-153

  Çalişkan, Figen ^a   Sivas, Hülya ^b   Şahin, Yalçin ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Androctonus crassicauda; Gelatin; Protease, chromatography; Turkish black scorpion; Venom

Indexed keywords

GELATIN; GELATINASE; PROTEINASE; SCORPION VENOM;

ANDROCTONUS CRASSICAUDA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; POISONOUS SCORPION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); ZYMOGRAPHY;

ANDROCTONUS CRASSICAUDA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 73449122652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1303829X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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