Venom physiology and composition in a litter of Common Death Adders (Acanthophis antarcticus) and their parents

Toxicon

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-75

  Pintor, Anna F V ^a   Winter, Kelly L ^b   Krockenberger, Andrew K ^a   Seymour, Jamie E ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acanthophis; Death Adder; Replenishment; Reverse phase HPLC; Venom cost; Venom variation

Indexed keywords

SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SNAKE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROTOXINS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SIBLINGS;

ACANTHOPHIS; ACANTHOPHIS ANTARCTICUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 78650678239     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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