Arthropod venoms and cancer

Toxicon

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-511

  Heinen, Tiago Elias ^a,b   Gorini da Veiga, Ana Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti tumor therapy; Arthropod; Biomolecules; Cancer; Peptides; Venom

Indexed keywords

ANT VENOM; ANTENNAPEDIA PROTEIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ARTHROPOD VENOM; BEE VENOM; BENGALIN; BLEOMYCIN; CECROPIN; CECROPIN A; CECROPIN B; CENTIPEDE VENOM; CHLOROTOXIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPID 7; GOMESIN; MASTOPARAN; MELITTIN; PANCRATISTATIN; PEPTIDE TM 601; PROPOLIS; PSALMOTOXIN 1; SCORPION VENOM; SOLENOPSIN; SPIDER VENOM; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VENOM; WASP VENOM;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RESEARCH; CATERPILLAR; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; FIBROSARCOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER INJURY; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ARTHROPOD VENOMS; ARTHROPODS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; PEPTIDE MAPPING;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; SCORPIONES;

EID: 79952362545     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.01.002     Document Type: Review

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