Proteomic and biological characterization of the venom of the redtail coral snake, Micrurus mipartitus (Elapidae), from Colombia and Costa Rica

Journal of Proteomics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 655-667

  Rey Suárez, Paola ^a   Núñez, Vitelbina ^a   Gutiérrez, José María ^b   Lomonte, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Coral snake; Elapid toxins; Micrurus mipartitus; Proteomics; Venom; Venomics

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINO ACID OXIDASE; LECTIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; VENOM;

ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICRURUS MIPARTITUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SNAKE; TAXONOMY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; L-AMINO ACID OXIDASE; MICE; PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; PROTEOME;

ELAPIDAE; EQUIDAE; MICRURUS; MICRURUS MIPARTITUS; MICRURUS NIGROCINCTUS;

EID: 82355191736     PISSN: 18743919     EISSN: 18767737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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