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De novo venom gland transcriptomics of Calliophis bivirgata flaviceps: uncovering the complexity of toxins from the Malayan blue coral snake

Palasuberniam, Praneetha; Tan, Kae Yi; Tan, Choo Hock.

J. venom. anim. toxins incl. trop. dis; 27 (), 2021

The Malayan blue coral snake, Calliophis bivirgata flaviceps, is a medically important venomous snake in Southeast Asia. However, the complexity and diversity of its venom genes remain little explored. Methods: To address this, we applied high-throughput next-generation sequencing to profile the venom ...

Elapidae/fisiología, Mordeduras de Serpientes, Venenos de Víboras/toxicidad, Expresión Génica, Fosfolipasas

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Qualitative and quantitative ultrastructural analysis of the mitochondria from adrenal gland cortex under the action of viperidae family snake venoms

Finol, Héctor J; García, Estefanie; González, Roschman; Sanchez, Elda E; Rodríguez-Acosta, Alexis.

Int. j. morphol; 38 (5), 2020

SUMMARY: The Viperidae venoms are composed of a mixture of constituents with enzymatic and non-enzymatic actions, which act on ultrastructural components of cells and tissues. Here, the number of mitochondria, mitochondrial area and the number of mitochondrial cristae from adrenal glands cortex treated w...

Venenos de Víboras/toxicidad, Mitocondrias/efectos de los fármacos, Mitocondrias/ultraestructura, Viperidae/fisiología, Glándulas Suprarrenales/efectos de los fármacos, Glándulas Suprarrenales/ultraestructura, Bothrops, Crotalus

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