Snake Venoms in Drug Discovery: Valuable Therapeutic Tools for Life Saving
Animal venoms are used as defense mechanisms or to immobilize and digest prey. In fact, venoms are complex mixtures of enzymatic and non-enzymatic components with specific pathophysiological functions. Peptide toxins isolated from animal venoms target mainly ion channels, membrane receptors and comp...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-09-01
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Series: | Toxins |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/11/10/564 |