Haemostatically active proteins in snake venoms

T Sajevic, A Leonardi, I Križaj - Toxicon, 2011 - Elsevier
Snake venom proteins that affect the haemostatic system can cause (a) lowering of blood
coagulability,(b) damage to blood vessels, resulting in bleeding,(c) secondary effects of …

Venoms of rear-fanged snakes: new proteins and novel activities

CM Modahl, SP Mackessy - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Snake venom research has focused on front-fanged venomous snakes because of the high
incidence of human morbidity and mortality from envenomations and larger venom yields of …

[BOK][B] Handbook of venoms and toxins of reptiles

SP Mackessy - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
The Handbook of Venoms and Toxins of Reptiles offers" one-stop shop**" to all biologists,
biochemists, toxicologists, physicians, clinicians, and epidemiologists, and informed …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative analysis of newborn and adult Bothrops jararaca snake venoms

TC Antunes, KM Yamashita, KC Barbaro, M Saiki… - Toxicon, 2010 - Elsevier
Different clinical manifestations have been reported to occur in patients bitten by newborn
and adult Bothrops jararaca snakes. Herein, we studied the chemical composition and …

Dynamic genetic differentiation drives the widespread structural and functional convergent evolution of snake venom proteinaceous toxins

B **e, D Dashevsky, D Rokyta, P Ghezellou, B Fathinia… - BMC biology, 2022 - Springer
Background The explosive radiation and diversification of the advanced snakes (superfamily
Colubroidea) was associated with changes in all aspects of the shared venom system …

The venom composition of the snake tribe Philodryadini:'Omic'techniques reveal intergeneric variability among South American racers

EC Tioyama, JD Bayona-Serrano, JA Portes-Junior… - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
Snakes of the Philodryadini tribe are included in the Dipsadidae family, which is a diverse
group of rear-fanged snakes widespread in different ecological conditions, including …

Understanding biological roles of venoms among the Caenophidia: The importance of rear-fanged snakes

SP Mackessy, AJ Saviola - 2016 - academic.oup.com
Snake venoms represent an adaptive trophic response to the challenges confronting a
limbless predator for overcoming combative prey, and this chemical means of subduing prey …

Transcriptome-facilitated proteomic characterization of rear-fanged snake venoms reveal abundant metalloproteinases with enhanced activity

CM Modahl, S Frietze, SP Mackessy - Journal of proteomics, 2018 - Elsevier
High-throughput technologies were used to identify venom gland toxin expression and to
characterize the venom proteomes of two rear-fanged snakes, Ahaetulla prasina (Asian …

Non-front-fanged colubroid snakes: a current evidence-based analysis of medical significance

SA Weinstein, J White, DE Keyler, DA Warrell - Toxicon, 2013 - Elsevier
Non-front-fanged colubroid snakes (NFFC; formerly and artificially taxonomically assembled
as “colubrids”) comprise about 70% of extant snake species and include several taxa now …

Individual venom variability in the South American rattlesnake Crotalus durissus cumanensis

I Aguilar, B Guerrero, AM Salazar, ME Giron, JC Pérez… - Toxicon, 2007 - Elsevier
Crotalus durissus cumanensis snake venoms from different Venezuelan regions, showed
biochemical and hemostatic variations. Fibrino (geno) lytic, hemorrhagic and procoagulant …