Characterization of toxins from the broad-banded water snake Helicops angulatus (Linnaeus, 1758): Isolation of a cysteine-rich secretory protein, Helicopsin

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 305-313

  Estrella, Amalid ^a   Sánchez, Elda E ^b   Galán, Jacob A ^c   Tao, W Andy ^c   Guerrero, Belsy ^d   Navarrete, Luis F ^a   Rodríguez Acosta, Alexis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Broad banded water snake; Colubroidea; CRISP; Dipsadidae salivary excretion; Helicops angulatus; Neurotoxin

Indexed keywords

HELICOPSIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; LD 50; MOUSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SNAKE; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLUBRIDAE; CYSTEINE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROTOXINS; PEPTIDE MAPPING; SALIVARY GLANDS; SNAKE VENOMS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

COLUBROIDEA; HELICOPS ANGULATUS; HYDROPS (SNAKE); MUS; NERODIA; NERODIA FASCIATA CONFLUENS; PSEUDOERYX; SERPENTES; XENODONTINAE;

EID: 79954418536     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-010-0597-6     Document Type: Article

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