Biochemical and biological activities of the venom of the Chinese pitviper Zhaoermia mangshanensis, with the complete amino acid sequence and phylogenetic analysis of a novel Arg49 phospholipase A2 myotoxin

Toxicon

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 797-811

  Mebs, Dietrich ^a   Kuch, Ulrich ^a   Coronas, Fredy I V ^b   Batista, Cesar V F ^b   Gumprecht, Andreas ^c   Possani, Lourival D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arg49 phospholipase A2; Asp49 phospholipase A2; China; Coagulation; Crotalinae; Edema; Enzymatic activity; Ermia; Fibrinogen; Lys49 phospholipase A2; Myotoxin; Phylogeny; Protobothrops flavoviridis; Snake venom; Squamata; Toxicity; Trimeresurus; Viperidae; Zhaoermia mangshanensis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID OXIDASE; ARGININE; ARGININE ESTERASE; ARGININE49 PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 MYOTOXIN; FIBRINOGEN; KALLIKREIN; LYSINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIPER VENOM; ZHAOERMIATOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A; SNAKE VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; EDEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL FILTRATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LD 50; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNAKE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BOS TAURUS; CALLOSELASMA RHODOSTOMA; PROTOBOTHROPS MUCROSQUAMATUS; SERPENTES; TRIMERESURUS; ZHAOERMIA; ZHAOERMIA MANGSHANENSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHINA; CROTALID VENOMS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOLIPASES A; PHYLOGENY; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 33746795959     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.01.031     Document Type: Article

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