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Amino-acid Composition of Crotoxin

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THE first snake-venom prepared in the pure crystalline form was crotoxin from Crotalus terr. terr. as described in 1938; at that time only its cystine and methionine contents were quantitatively determined1. This protein, with a molecular weight of 30,0002, proved to be homogeneous3 in the ultra-centrifuge2 as well as by electrophoresis4.

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SLOTTA, K., PRIMOSIGH, J. Amino-acid Composition of Crotoxin. Nature 168, 696–697 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168696a0

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