Molecular basis for prey relocation in viperid snakes

BMC Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Saviola, Anthony J ^a   Chiszar, David ^b   Busch, Chardelle ^b   MacKessy, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Crotalus; Disintegrin; Evolution; Mass spectrometry; Phenotype; Predation; Protein sequence; Toxin; Venom

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX; ELAPIDAE; MUS; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA; VIPERIDAE; VIPERINAE;

PEPTIDE; SNAKE VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CROTALUS; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREDATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84874398405     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-11-20     Document Type: Article

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