Sympathetic outflow activates the venom gland of the snake Bothrops jararaca by regulating the activation of transcription factors and the synthesis of venom gland proteins

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1535-1543

  Luna, Milene S A ^a   Hortencio, Thiago M A ^a   Ferreira, Zulma S ^b   Yamanouye, Norma ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bothrops jararaca.; Exocrine gland; Protein synthesis; Snake; Sympathetic innervation; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RESERPINE; SNAKE VENOM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BOTHROPS; CROTALID VENOMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NF-KAPPA B; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC; RESERPINE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BOTHROPS JARARACA; SERPENTES; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 66149109195     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.030197     Document Type: Article

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