Throughout evolution, numerous proteins have been convergently recruited into the venoms
of various animals, including centipedes, cephalopods, cone snails, fish, insects (several …

Venoms comprise mixtures of peptides and proteins tailored by Natural Selection to act on
vital systems of the prey or victim. Here we review our proteomic protocols for uncoiling the …

Snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) represent a diverse group of multi-domain
proteins with several biological activities such as the ability to induce hemorrhage …

As more data are generated from proteome and transcriptome analyses of snake venoms,
we are gaining an appreciation of the complexity of the venoms and, to some degree, the …

This work offers a general overview on the evolving strategies for the proteomic analysis of
snake venoms, and discusses how these may be combined through diverse experimental …

Poisonous organisms are represented in many taxa, including kingdom Animalia. During
evolution, animals have developed special organs for production and injection of venoms …

The development of snake antivenoms more than a century ago should have heralded
effective treatment of the scourge of snakebite envenoming in impoverished, mostly rural …

A disintegrin and metalloproteinase (ADAM) family proteins constitute a major class of
membrane-anchored multidomain proteinases that are responsible for the shedding of cell …

Fine-tuned by millions of years of evolution, snake venoms have frightened but also
fascinated humanity and nowadays they constitute potential resources for drug …

A deep understanding of the composition of venoms and of the principles governing the
evolution of venomous systems is of applied importance for exploring the enormous …