Understanding the Molecular Mechanism and Structure-Function Relationship of the Toxicity of PLA2 and K49 Homologs in Snake Venom
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1 Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), CP 6109, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil 2 Laboratorio de Química Biológica, Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste (UNNE), Avenida Libertad 5470, Campus Universitario, CP 3400 Corrientes, Argentina 3 Laboratório de In�ama��o, Departamento de Farmacologia, Faculdade de Ci�ncias M�dicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), R. Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126, Caixa Postal 6111, 13084-971 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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تاریخ انتشار 2013