Individual venom variability in the South American rattlesnake Crotalus durissus cumanensis

Toxicon

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-224

  Aguilar, Irma ^a   Guerrero, Belsy ^b   Maria Salazar, Ana ^b   Girón, Maria E ^a   Pérez, John C ^c   Sánchez, Elda E ^c   Rodríguez Acosta, Alexis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coagulation; Crotalus durissus cumanensis; Fibrino(geno)lytic; Hemorrhage; Hemostasis; Rattlesnakes

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CROTALUS DURISSUS CUMANENSIS; FIBRINOGEN METABOLISM; FIBRINOLYSIS; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMOSTASIS; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; VENEZUELA;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; BLOOD COAGULATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CROTALID VENOMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOLYSIS; HEMORRHAGE; HEMOSTASIS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; PROTEINS; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

CROTALUS; CROTALUS DURISSUS CUMANENSIS; CROTALUS DURISSUS TERRIFICUS; LONCHOCARPUS GLAUCIFOLIUS;

EID: 34447292745     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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