Crotalus durissus terrificus crotapotin naturally displays preferred positions for amino acid substitutions

Abstract Background Classically, Crotalus durissus terrificus (Cdt) venom can be described, according to chromatographic criteria, as a simple venom, composed of four major toxins, namely: gyroxin, crotamine, crotoxin and convulxin. Crotoxin is a non-covalent heterodimeric neurotoxin constituted of...

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Published in:	Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases
Main Authors:	Laudicéia Alves de Oliveira, Rui Seabra Ferreira, Benedito Barraviera, Francilene Capel Tavares de Carvalho, Luciana Curtolo de Barros, Lucilene Delazari dos Santos, Daniel Carvalho Pimenta
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SciELO 2017-11-01
Subjects:	Crotalus durissus terrificus Venom Crotoxin Crotapotin Isoforms
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40409-017-0136-5