Intra-specific variation in venom of the African Puff Adder (Bitis arietans): Differential expression and activity of snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs)

Toxicon

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 864-873

  Currier, Rachel B ^a   Harrison, Robert A ^a   Rowley, Paul D ^a   Laing, Gavin D ^b   Wagstaff, Simon C ^a  

^a Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody; Bitis arietans; Variation; Venom gland EST; Venomics; Zymography

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; SNAKE VENOM METALLOPROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIPER VENOM;

ARTICLE; BITIS ARIETANS VENOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENVENOMATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GHANA; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MALAWI; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POISONOUS SNAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TANZANIA; TOXIN ANALYSIS; ZIMBABWE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BITIS ARIETANS; SERPENTES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROSS REACTIONS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; METALLOPROTEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; VIPER VENOMS; VIPERIDAE;

EID: 77953372778     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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