Scanning electron microscope (SEM) disclosure of the effects of snake venom on living tissue integrity and cell surfaces |
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| Authors: | Joseph F Gennaro E Deborah Elek |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida;2. Office of Research Compliance, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Abstract: | The tissue destruction produced by the bite of the viper is well known and the venom enzymes] that produce it have been thoroughly studied. Not so well examined is the view of the damage available to the electron microscope, especially the scanning electron microscope. Here we have used the SEM to view the effects of viper venom on living tissue in situ. SCANNING 32: 155–158, 2010. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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| Keywords: | collagenolysis disintegrins histology life sciences living tissue SEM surface analysis viper venom |
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