Title |
Integrated “omics” profiling indicates that miRNAs are modulators of the ontogenetic venom composition shift in the Central American rattlesnake, Crotalus simus simus
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Published in |
BMC Genomics, April 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-14-234 |
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Authors |
Jordi Durban, Alicia Pérez, Libia Sanz, Aarón Gómez, Fabián Bonilla, Santos Rodríguez, Danilo Chacón, Mahmood Sasa, Yamileth Angulo, José M Gutiérrez, Juan J Calvete |
Abstract |
Understanding the processes that drive the evolution of snake venom is a topic of great research interest in molecular and evolutionary toxinology. Recent studies suggest that ontogenetic changes in venom composition are genetically controlled rather than environmentally induced. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying these changes remain elusive. Here we have explored the basis and level of regulation of the ontogenetic shift in the venom composition of the Central American rattlesnake, Crotalus s. simus using a combined proteomics and transcriptomics approach. |
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