Snake venomics and antivenomics of Crotalus durissus subspecies from Brazil: Assessment of geographic variation and its implication on snakebite management

Journal of Proteomics

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1758-1776

  Boldrini França, Johara ^a   Corrêa Netto, Carlos ^b   Silva, Marliete M S ^c   Rodrigues, Renata S ^d   De La Torre, Pilar ^e   Pérez, Alicia ^e   Soares, Andreimar M ^a   Zingali, Russolina B ^b   Nogueira, Romildo A ^c   Rodrigues, Veridiana M ^d   Sanz, Libia ^e   Calvete, Juan J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anti crotalic antivenom; Antivenomics; Crotalus durissus subspecies; Crotamine; Geographic venom variation; Individual venom variability; Mass spectrometry; Snake venom proteomics

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID OXIDASE; CROTAMINE; CROTOXIN; DISINTEGRIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; SNAKE VENOM ANTISERUM; VASCULOTROPIN; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVENOMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYALGIA; MYOGLOBINURIA; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SNAKEBITE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CROTALUS; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; SNAKE BITES; TOXICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; HUMANS; PROTEOMICS; RABBITS; SNAKE BITES;

CROTALUS DURISSUS;

EID: 77954660902     PISSN: 18743919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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