Preliminary biochemical characterization of the venoms of five Colubridae species from Brazil

Toxicon

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 666-669

  Zelanis, André ^a   Teixeira da Rocha, Marisa Maria ^a   de Fátima Domingues Furtado, Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Colubridae; Philodryas nattereri; Philodryas olfersii; Philodryas patagoniensis; Thamnodynastes strigatus; Tomodon dorsatus

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CASEIN; FIBRINOGEN; GELATIN; GLUCOSE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEIN; SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAZIL; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PARAPHYLY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXIN ANALYSIS; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CARBOHYDRATES; COLORIMETRY; COLUBRIDAE; DIET; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FIBRINOGEN; HEMORRHAGE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROTEINS; SNAKE VENOMS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

COLUBRIDAE; PHILODRYAS NATTERERI; PHILODRYAS OLFERSII; PHILODRYAS PATAGONIENSIS; SERPENTES; THAMNODYNASTES; TOMODON;

EID: 72749105118     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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