Venom variability and envenoming severity outcomes of the Crotalus scutulatus scutulatus (Mojave rattlesnake) from Southern Arizona

Journal of Proteomics

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2576-2587

  Massey, Daniel J ^a   Calvete, Juan J ^b,c   Sánchez, Elda E ^d   Sanz, Libia ^c   Richards, Kelvin ^a   Curtis, Ryan ^a   Boesen, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOMEDICINA DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Crotalus scutulatus; Geographic venom variability; Mojave rattlesnake; Snake envenoming; Snake venom; Venomics

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM;

ARTICLE; CROTALUS; CROTALUS SCUTULATUS SCUTULATUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LETHAL DOSE 50; METALLOPROTEASES; MICE; NEUROTOXINS; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES;

ARIZONA (SNAKE); CROTALUS; CROTALUS SCUTULATUS; CROTALUS SCUTULATUS SCUTULATUS; PIMA;

EID: 84860424434     PISSN: 18743919     EISSN: 18767737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.02.035     Document Type: Article

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