Intraspecific venom variation in the medically significant Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri): Biodiscovery, clinical and evolutionary implications

Journal of Proteomics

Volumn 99, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-83

  Sunagar, Kartik ^a,b   Undheim, Eivind A B ^c   Scheib, Holger ^c   Gren, Eric C K ^d   Cochran, Chip ^d   Person, Carl E ^d   Koludarov, Ivan ^c   Kelln, Wayne ^d   Hayes, William K ^d   King, Glenn F ^c   Antunes, Agosthino ^a,b   Fry, Bryan Grieg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crotalus; Evolution; Molecule; Rattlesnake; Toxin; Venom

Indexed keywords

CROTALUS; EVOLUTION; MOLECULE; RATTLESNAKE; TOXIN; VENOM;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CROTALID VENOMS; CROTALUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84893786238     PISSN: 18743919     EISSN: 18767737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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