Venom characterization of the three species of Ophryacus and proteomic profiling of O. sphenophrys unveils Sphenotoxin, a novel Crotoxin-like heterodimeric β-neurotoxin.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2018.09.002
Abstract: Venoms of the three species of Ophryacus (O. sphenophrys, O. smaragdinus, and O. undulatus), a viperid genus endemic to Mexico, were analyzed for the first time in the present work. The three venoms lacked procoagulant… read more here.
Keywords: crotoxin like; sphenophrys; crotoxin; venom ... See more keywords