Evolutionary trends in venom composition in the Western Rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis sensu lato): Toxicity vs. tenderizers

Toxicon

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1463-1474

  Mackessy, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological roles; Kallikrein like; L Amino acid oxidase; Mass spectrometry; Metalloproteinase; Phosphodiesterase; Phospholipase A2; SDS PAGE; Serine protease; Thrombin like; Toxin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID OXIDASE; DISINTEGRIN; KALLIKREIN; METALLOPROTEINASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PLASMIN; SNAKE VENOM; THROMBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROTALUS CALIGINIS; CROTALUS CERBERUS; CROTALUS CONCOLOR; CROTALUS HELLERI; CROTALUS VIRIDIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEXICO; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREY SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALLOPROTEASES; MICE; NEUROTOXINS; NORTH AMERICA; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

CROTALUS OREGANUS; CROTALUS VIRIDIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 77952237977     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.02.028     Document Type: Article

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