Title |
RNA-seq and high-definition mass spectrometry reveal the complex and divergent venoms of two rear-fanged colubrid snakes
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Published in |
BMC Genomics, December 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-15-1061 |
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Authors |
James J McGivern, Kenneth P Wray, Mark J Margres, Michelle E Couch, Stephen P Mackessy, Darin R Rokyta |
Abstract |
Largely because of their direct, negative impacts on human health, the venoms of front-fanged snakes of the families Viperidae and Elapidae have been extensively characterized proteomically, transcriptomically, and pharmacologically. However, relatively little is known about the molecular complexity and evolution of the venoms of rear-fanged colubrid snakes, which are, with a few notable exceptions, regarded as harmless to humans. Many of these snakes have venoms with major effects on their preferred prey, and their venoms are probably as critical to their survival as those of front-fanged elapids and viperids. |
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