Purification of a lectin with antibacterial activity from Bothrops leucurus snake venom

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-63

  Nunes, Erika dos Santos ^a   de Souza, Mary Angela Aranda ^a   Vaz, Antônio Fernando de Melo ^a   Santana, Giselly Maria de Sá ^a   Gomes, Francis Soares ^a   Coelho, Luana Cassandra Breitenbach Barroso ^a   Paiva, Patrícia Maria Guedes ^a   da Silva, Rejane Maria Lira ^b   Silva Lucca, Rosemeire Aparecida ^c,d   Oliva, Maria Luiza Vilela ^c   Guarnieri, Miriam Camargo ^a   Correia, Maria Tereza dos Santos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Bothrops leucurus; Circular dichroism; Fluorescence; Lectin; Snake venom

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; SNAKE VENOM;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HEMAGGLUTINATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BOTHROPS LEUCURUS; BOVINAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79952695903     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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