[HTML][HTML] Strategies in 'snake venomics' aiming at an integrative view of compositional, functional, and immunological characteristics of venoms

B Lomonte, JJ Calvete - Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
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 …

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 …

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 …

Snakebite: When the human touch becomes a bad touch

BG Fry - Toxins, 2018 - mdpi.com
Many issues and complications in treating snakebite are a result of poor human social,
economic and clinical intervention and management. As such, there is scope for significant …

The venom-gland transcriptome of the eastern coral snake (Micrurus fulvius) reveals high venom complexity in the intragenomic evolution of venoms

MJ Margres, K Aronow, J Loyacano, DR Rokyta - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Background Snake venom is shaped by the ecology and evolution of venomous species,
and signals of positive selection in toxins have been consistently documented, reflecting the …

Coral snake bites (Micrurus spp.) in Brazil: a review of literature reports

F Bucaretchi, EM De Capitani, RJ Vieira… - Clinical …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Context: In the Americas, the main representatives of the family Elapidae are coral
snakes of the genus Micrurus, of which 33 species are in Brazil. They are the smallest cause …

New insights into the phylogeographic distribution of the 3FTx/PLA2 venom dichotomy across genus Micrurus in South America

L Sanz, S Quesada-Bernat, T Ramos… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Micrurus is a monophyletic genus of venomous coral snakes of the family Elapidae. The~ 80
recognized species within this genus are endemic to the Americas, and are distributed from …

Snake venomics of Micrurus alleni and Micrurus mosquitensis from the Caribbean region of Costa Rica reveals two divergent compositional patterns in New World …

J Fernández, N Vargas-Vargas, D Pla, M Sasa… - Toxicon, 2015 - Elsevier
Protein composition, toxicity, and neutralization of the venoms of Micrurus alleni and
Micrurus mosquitensis, two sympatric monadal coral snakes found in humid environments of …

The Geographic Distribution, Venom Components, Pathology and Treatments of Stonefish (Synanceia spp.) Venom

SL Saggiomo, C Firth, DT Wilson, J Seymour, JJ Miles… - Marine Drugs, 2021 - mdpi.com
Stonefish are regarded as one of the most venomous fish in the world. Research on
stonefish venom has chiefly focused on the in vitro and in vivo neurological, cardiovascular …

Eastern coral snake Micrurus fulvius venom toxicity in mice is mainly determined by neurotoxic phospholipases A2

I Vergara, M Pedraza-Escalona, D Paniagua… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Here we show for the first time that the venom from an elapid (Micrurus fulvius) contains
three finger toxin (3FTxs) peptides with low toxicity but high content of lethal phospholipases …