Partial characterization of the venom of the peruvian rattlesnake crotalus durissus terrificus;Caracterizacion parcial del veneno de la serpiente cascabel peruana crotalus durissus terrificus

Revista Peruana de Biologia

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-73

  Remuzgo, Cesar ^a   Alvarez, Miryam Paola ^a   Lazo, Fanny ^a   Yarleque, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

Author keywords

Enzymes; Puno; Rattlesnake; Venom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986191756     PISSN: 15610837     EISSN: 17279933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15381/rpb.v7i1.6729     Document Type: Article

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