Animal venoms are used as defense mechanisms or to immobilize and digest prey. In fact,
venoms are complex mixtures of enzymatic and non-enzymatic components with specific …

The snake is the symbol of medicine due to its association with Asclepius, the Greek God of
medicine, and so with good reasons. More than 725 species of venomous snakes have …

The application of proteomic tools to the study of snake venoms has led to an impressive
growth in the knowledge about their composition (venomics), immunogenicity …

Snakebite envenomation is a neglected global health problem, causing substantial mortality,
disability, and psychological morbidity, especially in rural tropical and subtropical zones …

Venom gland transcriptomes and proteomes of six Micrurus taxa (M. corallinus, M.
lemniscatus carvalhoi, M. lemniscatus lemniscatus, M. paraensis, M. spixii spixii, and M …

Little is known of the biochemical composition and functional features of the venoms of
poorly known Colombian coral snakes. Here, we provide a preliminary characterization of …

Coral snakes, most notably the genus Micrurus, are the only terrestrial elapid snakes in the
Americas. Elapid venoms are generally known for their potent neurotoxicity which is usually …

The venom proteome of the Malayan blue coral snake, Calliophis bivirgata flaviceps from
west Malaysia was investigated by 1D-SDS-PAGE and shotgun-LCMS/MS. A total of 23 …

Proteomic characterization of Micrurus browni browni venom showed approximately 41
components belonging to 9 protein families, mainly phospholipases A 2 (PLA 2 s) and three …

Venom components are invaluable in biomedical research owing to their specificity and
potency. Many of these components exist in two genera of rattlesnakes, Crotalus and …