Bothrops asper snake venom and its metalloproteinase BaP-1 activate the complement system. Role in leucocyte recruitment.

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Published in Mediators Inflamm on January 01, 2000

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S H Farsky1, L R Gonçalves, J M Gutiérrez, A P Correa, A Rucavado, P Gasque, D V Tambourgi

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1: Laboratory of Immunochemistry, Institute Butantan, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. farskyp@uol.com.br

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