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An. acad. bras. ciênc
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60(2): 155-7, jun. 1988.
Artículo
en Inglés
| LILACS
| ID: lil-68740
RESUMEN
It is suggested, on the basis of the structural information available from the literature, that the molecules of cobramine B and homologous cytotoxins, in contrast to snake venom neurotoxins, are amphiphilic in the sense that they are composed of a predominantly hydrophobic multi-stranded ß-sheet and other regions sharply hydrophilic. It is possible that the direct lytic activity of snake venom cytotoxins is due, at least in part, to their amphiphathy