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A Review and Database of Snake Venom Proteomes
Toxins, 2017 Advances in the last decade combining transcriptomics with established proteomics methods have made possible rapid identification and quantification of protein families in snake venoms.
Theo Tasoulis, Geoffrey K. Isbister
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Toxins, 2021 Some Australian elapids possess potently procoagulant coagulotoxic venoms which activate the zymogen prothrombin into the functional enzyme thrombin. Although the activity of Australian elapid prothrombin-activators has been heavily investigated with ...
Nicholas J. Youngman +2 more
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Diplodactylus tessellatus Gunther, 1875 (Squamata: Diplodactylidae), Parasuta dwyeri Greer, 2006 and Suta suta Peters, 1863 (Squamata: Elapidae): distribution extension in the Murray catchment of New South Wales, South-eastern Australia [PDF]
Check List, 2011 We present new records of the Diplodactylid lizard Diplodactylus tessellatus and Elapid snakes Parasuta dwyeri and Suta suta for the Murray Catchment Management Area of New South Wales, south-eastern Australia.
Damian Michael, David Lindenmayer
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Snake venom NAD glycohydrolases: primary structures, genomic location, and gene structure [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 NAD glycohydrolase (EC 3.2.2.5) (NADase) sequences have been identified in 10 elapid and crotalid venom gland transcriptomes, eight of which are complete.
Ivan Koludarov, Steven D. Aird
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Polyvalent Snake Antivenoms: Production Strategy and Their Therapeutic Benefits
Toxins, 2023 Snake envenomation remains an important yet neglected medical problem in many countries, with around five million people affected, and over a hundred thousand deaths annually. Plasma-derived antivenoms are the main therapeutic agent available. Monovalent
Kavi Ratanabanangkoon
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Toxins, 2010 The macromolecular enzyme complex prothrombinase serves an indispensable role in blood coagulation as it catalyzes the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin, a key regulatory enzyme in the formation of a blood clot.
Mettine H.A. Bos, Rodney M. Camire
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Toxins, 2023 The cytotoxicity caused by snake venoms is a serious medical problem that greatly contributes to the morbidity observed in snakebite patients. The cytotoxic components found in snake venoms belong to a variety of toxin classes and may cause cytotoxic ...
Eric Wachtel +8 more
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Transcriptomic Insights Into the Evolution of Snake Venom: Mechanisms, Diversity, and Adaptation. [PDF]
Scientifica (Cairo)Snake venoms are evolutionarily refined biochemical arsenals composed of diverse toxins with complex functional roles in predation, defense, and competition. Over the past 2 decades, transcriptomic approaches have transformed venom research by enabling high‐resolution insights into gene expression dynamics, molecular diversity, and the evolutionary ...
Sofyantoro F +13 more
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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Snake venoms show variability in composition at all taxonomic levels, both within and between species, and the selective pressures underlying this variation have long been debated.
Bálint Üveges +17 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 Snakebite envenomation is a serious medical problem in many tropical developing countries and was considered by WHO as a neglected tropical disease.
Kavi Ratanabanangkoon +8 more
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