Diversity of long-chain toxins in Tityus zulianus and Tityus discrepans venoms (Scorpiones, Buthidae): Molecular, immunological, and mass spectral analyses

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 240-252

  Borges, Adolfo ^a   García, Carmen C ^a   Lugo, Elizabeth ^a   Alfonzo, Marcelo J ^a   Jowers, Michael J ^b   Op Den Camp, Huub J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3 UTR; Antivenom; Mass spectrometry; Scorpion toxin; Scorpion venom; Tityus discrepans; Tityus zulianus; Toxin diversity; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

INSECT VENOM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SCORPION VENOM; SEPHADEX; TITYUS TOXIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VIVO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SCORPION; SPECTROSCOPY; TITYUS DISCREPANS; TITYUS ZULIANUS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; BUTHIDAE; CENTRUROIDES; INSECTA; SCORPIONES; TITYUS; TITYUS DISCREPANS; TITYUS SERRULATUS; TITYUS ZULIANUS;

EID: 33644994074     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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