Snake venomics of the lancehead pitviper bothrops asper. Geographic, individual, and ontogenetic variations

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3556-3571

  Alape Girón, Alberto ^a   Sanz, Libia ^b   Escolano, José ^b   Flores Díaz, Marietta ^a   Madrigal, Marvin ^a   Sasa, Mahmood ^a   Calvete, Juan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bothrops asper; Geographical venom variation; Individual venom variation; Mass spectrometry; N terminal sequencing; Ontogenetic shift; Proteomics; Snake venom protein families; Snake venomics; Viperid toxins

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; PROTEOME;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSTA RICA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BOTHROPS ASPER; MYA; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BOTHROPS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COSTA RICA; CROTALID VENOMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEOME; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 51649087282     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr800332p     Document Type: Article

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