Population Divergence in Venom Bioactivities of Elapid Snake Pseudonaja textilis: Role of Procoagulant Proteins in Rapid Rodent Prey Incapacitation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Skejić, Jure ^a,b   Hodgson, Wayne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NEUROTOXIN 2; ALPHA NEUROTOXIN 3; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10 LIKE PROTEIN; NEUROTOXIN; PROCOAGULANT; SNAKE VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; ENVENOMATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHRENIC NERVE; PREY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDONAJA TEXTILIS; RAT; RODENT; SHOCK; SNAKE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BACK MUSCLES; BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS; DIAPHRAGM; ELAPID VENOMS; ELAPIDAE; INJECTIONS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROTOXINS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; PROTEOMICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84877737236     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063988     Document Type: Article

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