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The Cloning and Characterization of a Three-Finger Toxin Homolog (NXH8) from the Coralsnake Micrurus corallinus That Interacts with Skeletal Muscle Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors

Toxins
Coralsnakes (Micrurus spp.) are the only elapids found throughout the Americas. They are recognized for their highly neurotoxic venom, which is comprised of a wide variety of toxins, including the stable, low-mass toxins known as three-finger toxins ...
Henrique Roman-Ramos, Álvaro R. B. Prieto-da-Silva, Humberto Dellê, Rafael S. Floriano, Lourdes Dias, Stephen Hyslop, Raphael Schezaro-Ramos, Denis Servent, Gilles Mourier, Jéssica Lopes de Oliveira, Douglas Edgard Lemes, Letícia V. Costa-Lotufo, Jane S. Oliveira, Milene Cristina Menezes, Regina P. Markus, Paulo Lee Ho   +15 more
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Dose of antivenom for the treatment of snakebite with neurotoxic envenoming: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Nepal.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
BackgroundCurrently, there is inadequate evidence on which to base clinical management of neurotoxic snakebite envenoming, especially in the choice of initial antivenom dosage.
Emilie Alirol, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Anup Ghimire, Antoine Poncet, Christophe Combescure, Chabilal Thapa, Vijaya Prasad Paudel, Kalidas Adhikary, Walter Robert Taylor, David Warrell, Ulrich Kuch, François Chappuis   +11 more
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Ular Welang, Bungarus fasciatus (Schneider, 1801), di Lereng Selatan Gunung Merapi, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta [PDF]

, 2013
There are three known kraits species of the Genus Bungarus (Elapidae) inhabit Java Island, Indonesia. Two species out of the three species, i.e., Bungarus candidus (Malayan kraits) and Bungarus fasciatus (Banded kraits) are commonly found in Daerah ...
Muhtianda, Iman Akbar, Hilmi, M. Fahrul, Arimbi, Aisyah, Hilmi, Muhammad Fahrul, Eprilurahman, Rury, Yudha, Donan Satria   +5 more
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Non-neurotoxic activity of Malayan krait (Bungarus candidus) venom from Thailand

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2018
Background: Envenoming by kraits (genus Bungarus) is a medically significant issue in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Malayan krait (Bungarus candidus) venom is known to contain highly potent neurotoxins.
Mongkon Charoenpitakchai, Kulachet Wiwatwarayos, Nattapon Jaisupa, Muhamad Rusdi Ahmad Rusmili, Supachoke Mangmool, Wayne C. Hodgson, Chetana Ruangpratheep, Lawan Chanhome, Janeyuth Chaisakul   +8 more
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Venom gland transcriptomes of two elapid snakes (Bungarus multicinctus and Naja atra) and evolution of toxin genes

BMC Genomics, 2011
Background Kraits (genus Bungarus) and cobras (genus Naja) are two representative toxic genera of elapids in the old world. Although they are closely related genera and both of their venoms are very toxic, the compositions of their venoms are very ...
Zhang Yun, Zhao Ruoping, Zhang Yue, Xu Xun, Lee Wenhui, Li Yan, Jiang Yu, Wang Wen   +7 more
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Dehydration and Drinking Responses in a Pelagic Sea Snake

, 2012
International audienceRecent investigations of water balance in sea snakes demonstrated that amphibious sea kraits (Laticauda spp.) dehydrate in seawater and require fresh water to restore deficits in body water.
Brischoux, François, C. M. Sheehy, F. Brischoux, H. B. Lillywhite, Sheehy Iii, Coleman M., J. B. Pfaller, Lillywhite, Harvey B., Pfaller, J.B.   +7 more
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Human, snake, and environmental factors in human-snake conflict in North Bihar — a one-year descriptive study.

Christian Journal for Global Health, 2016
Background: The state of Bihar has the third largest number of snakebite deaths in India. The purpose of this study is to explore the factors related to human-snake conflicts in northwest Bihar and southern Nepal. Using these findings, various strategies
Takanungsang Longkumer, Lois Joy Armstrong, Vishal Santra, Philip Finny   +3 more
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Kraits Method of Defence Against Cat

, 1947
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Fig. 3 in Laticauda frontalis (de Vis, 1905) and Laticauda saintgironsi n.sp. from Vanuatu and New Caledonia (Serpentes: Elapidae: Laticaudinae)- a New Lineage of Sea Kraits?

, 2006
Fig. 3. (A) Dorsal view of holotype, AM R162999, of Laticauda saintgironsi from Porc-épic Island, Le Lagon, near Noumea, New Caledonia. (B) Ventral view of holotype, AM R162999, of Laticauda saintgironsi from Porc-épic Island, Le Lagon, near Noumea, New ...
Heatwole, And Harold F., Cogger, Harold G.   +1 more
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Krait: A Backdoor Attack Against Graph Prompt Tuning

2025 IEEE Conference on Secure and Trustworthy Machine Learning (SaTML)
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Ying Song, Rita Singh, Balaji Palanisamy
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