A Combined Bioassay and Nanofractionation Approach to Investigate the Anticoagulant Toxins of Mamba and Cobra Venoms and Their Inhibition by Varespladib [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 Envenomation by elapid snakes primarily results in neurotoxic symptoms and, consequently, are the primary focus of therapeutic research concerning such venoms. However, mounting evidence suggests these venoms can additionally cause coagulopathic symptoms,
Arif Arrahman +7 more
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The Unusual Metalloprotease-Rich Venom Proteome of the Australian Elapid Snake Hoplocephalus stephensii [PDF]
Toxins, 2022 The Australasian region is home to the most diverse elapid snake radiation on the planet (Hydrophiinae). Many of these snakes have evolved into unique ecomorphs compared to elapids on other continents; however, their venom compositions are poorly known ...
Theo Tasoulis +5 more
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Micruroides euryxanthus AND OTHER ELAPIDS
, 2021 COMPARISONS BETWEEN M. EURYXANTHUS AND OTHER ELAPIDS None of the karyotypes reported for elapids from the New World represents the ancestral karyotype in all details (2 n = 36, with 16 macrochromosomes and 20 microchromosomes). However, the karyotype of M.
Cole, Charles J.
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Comparative analyses of putative toxin gene homologs from an Old World viper, Daboia russelii [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Availability of snake genome sequences has opened up exciting areas of research on comparative genomics and gene diversity. One of the challenges in studying snake genomes is the acquisition of biological material from live animals, especially from the ...
Neeraja M. Krishnan, Binay Panda
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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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Diversification rates and phenotypic evolution in venomous snakes (Elapidae) [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 The relationship between rates of diversification and of body size change (a common proxy for phenotypic evolution) was investigated across Elapidae, the largest radiation of highly venomous snakes.
Michael S. Y. Lee +3 more
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Current treatment for venom-induced consumption coagulopathy resulting from snakebite. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 Venomous snakebite is considered the single most important cause of human injury from venomous animals worldwide. Coagulopathy is one of the commonest important systemic clinical syndromes and can be complicated by serious and life-threatening ...
Kalana Maduwage, Geoffrey K Isbister
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Intra-Specific Venom Variation in the Australian Coastal Taipan Oxyuranus scutellatus
Toxins, 2020 Intra-specific venom variation has the potential to provide important insights into the evolution of snake venom, but remains a relatively neglected aspect of snake venom studies.
Theo Tasoulis +6 more
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What makes a fang? Phylogenetic and ecological controls on tooth evolution in rear-fanged snakes
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2020 Background Fangs are a putative key innovation that revolutionized prey capture and feeding in snakes, and – along with their associated venom phenotypes – have made snakes perhaps the most medically-significant vertebrate animals. Three snake clades are
Erin P. Westeen +4 more
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The Backbone of Regionalisation: Refining Axial Regionalisation Through 3D Morphometric Sampling Strategies on Elapid Snakes. [PDF]
J MorpholUsing 3D geometric morphometrics on every precaudal vertebra from 12 elapid snakes, this study used segmented linear regression to test regionalisation. The results show a five‐region model is best supported, including short cervical and lumbar regions and a strong heart‐aligned boundary at approximately 20% of the pre‐caudal column.
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