A review and database of snake venom proteomes

T Tasoulis, GK Isbister - Toxins, 2017 - mdpi.com
Advances in the last decade combining transcriptomics with established proteomics
methods have made possible rapid identification and quantification of protein families in …

Proteomic tools against the neglected pathology of snake bite envenoming

JJ Calvete - Expert review of proteomics, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This article covers the application of proteomic tools ('venomics','antivenomics' and 'venom
phenotyping') to study the composition and natural history of snake venoms, and the cross …

Convergent evolution of pain-inducing defensive venom components in spitting cobras

TD Kazandjian, D Petras, SD Robinson, J van Thiel… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Convergent evolution provides insights into the selective drivers underlying evolutionary
change. Snake venoms, with a direct genetic basis and clearly defined functional …

Venomics, lethality and neutralization of Naja kaouthia (monocled cobra) venoms from three different geographical regions of Southeast Asia

KY Tan, CH Tan, SY Fung, NH Tan - Journal of proteomics, 2015 - Elsevier
Previous studies showed that venoms of the monocled cobra, Naja kaouthia from Thailand
and Malaysia are substantially different in their median lethal doses. The intraspecific venom …

Snake venomics: from the inventory of toxins to biology

JJ Calvete - Toxicon, 2013 - Elsevier
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 …

Venoms of Micrurus coral snakes: Evolutionary trends in compositional patterns emerging from proteomic analyses

B Lomonte, P Rey-Suárez, J Fernández, M Sasa, D Pla… - Toxicon, 2016 - Elsevier
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 …

The structural and functional diversification of the Toxicofera reptile venom system

BG Fry, NR Casewell, W Wüster, N Vidal, B Young… - Toxicon, 2012 - Elsevier
The evolutionary origin and diversification of the reptilian venom system is described. The
resolution of higher-order molecular phylogenetics has clearly established that a venom …

New approaches & technologies of venomics to meet the challenge of human envenoming by snakebites in India

DA Warrell, JM Gutiérrez, JJ Calvete… - Indian Journal of …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
The direct estimate of 46,000 snakebite deaths in India in 2005 (1 for every 2 HIV/AIDS
deaths), based on verbal autopsies, renders unrealistic the total of only 47,000 snakebite …

Recent advances in the understanding of brown spider venoms: From the biology of spiders to the molecular mechanisms of toxins

LH Gremski, D Trevisan-Silva, VP Ferrer… - Toxicon, 2014 - Elsevier
The Loxosceles genus spiders (the brown spiders) are encountered in all the continents,
and the clinical manifestations following spider bites include skin necrosis with gravitational …

Quantitative high-throughput profiling of snake venom gland transcriptomes and proteomes (Ovophis okinavensis and Protobothrops flavoviridis)

SD Aird, Y Watanabe, A Villar-Briones, MC Roy… - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Background Advances in DNA sequencing and proteomics have facilitated quantitative
comparisons of snake venom composition. Most studies have employed one approach or …