Venom analysis of long-term captive Pakistan cobra (Naja naja) populations

Toxicon

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 612-618

  Modahl, Cassandra M ^a   Doley, Robin ^b   Kini, R Manjunatha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Captive species; Intraspecific variation; Isoforms; Naja naja; Snake venom proteome

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; POISONOUS SNAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COBRA; COBRA VENOMS; DIET; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HOUSING, ANIMAL; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PAKISTAN; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; NAJA NAJA; SERPENTES;

EID: 72749097382     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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