Impact of regional variation in Bothrops asper snake venom on the design of antivenoms: Integrating antivenomics and neutralization approaches

Journal of Proteome Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 564-577

  Gutiérrez, José María ^a   Sanz, Libia ^a,b   Flores Díaz, Marietta ^a   Figueroa, Lucía ^b   Madrigal, Marvin ^a,b   Herrera, María ^b   Villalta, Mauren ^b   León, Guillermo ^b   Estrada, Ricardo ^a   Borges, Adolfo ^a   Alape Girón, Alberto ^a,b,c   Calvete, Juan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Antivenomics; Bothrops asper; Phospholipase a2; Snake venom metalloproteinase; Snake venom proteome; Venom neutralization assays; Venomics

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID OXIDASE; DISINTEGRIN; LECTIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ANTIBODY PRODUCING CELL; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VENOMICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BOTHROPS; CROTALID VENOMS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GROUP II PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; REPTILIAN PROTEINS;

BOTHROPS ASPER; EQUIDAE;

EID: 73649132296     PISSN: 15353893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/pr9009518     Document Type: Article

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