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Crotalid Venoms  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Venoms from snakes of the subfamily Crotalinae or pit vipers, found mostly in the Americas. They include the rattlesnake, cottonmouth, fer-de-lance, bushmaster, and American copperhead. Their venoms contain nontoxic proteins, cardio-, hemo-, cyto-, and neurotoxins, and many enzymes, especially phospholipases A. Many of the toxins have been characterized.

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  • Crotalid Venom
  • Pit Viper Venom
  • Pit Viper Venoms

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-DWKHPJ82-0

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