| Literature DB >> 20950638 |
Rebeca Mascarenhas Lima1, Maria Inácia Estevão-Costa, Inácio L M Junqueira-de-Azevedo, Paulo Lee Ho, Marcelo Ribeiro Vasconcelos Diniz, Consuelo Latorre Fortes-Dias.
Abstract
Phospholipase A(2) inhibitors (PLIs) are glycoproteins secreted by snake liver into the circulating blood aiming the self-protection against toxic venom phospholipases A(2). In the present study, we describe the first complete nucleotide sequence of a βPLI from venom glands of a New World snake, Lachesis muta. The deduced primary structure was compared to other known βPLIs and recent literature findings of other possible roles of PLIs in snakes are discussed. Copyright ÂEntities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20950638 DOI： 10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.10.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Toxicon ISSN： 0041-0101 Impact factor: 3.033