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Purification and functional characterization of bothrojaractivase, a prothrombin-activating metalloproteinase isolated from Bothrops jararaca snake venom.

An alternative method to access in vitro the hemorrhagic activity of snake venoms.

Snake venomics of Central American pitvipers: clues for rationalizing the distinct envenomation profiles of Atropoides nummifer and Atropoides picadoi.

Biochemical and structural investigations of Bothropstoxin-II, a myotoxic Asp49 phospholipase A2 from Bothrops jararacussu venom.

Effect of Huwentoxin-I on the Fas and TNF apoptosis pathway in the hippocampus of rat with global cerebral ischemia.

Cytotoxicity induced in myotubes by a Lys49 phospholipase A2 homologue from the venom of the snake Bothrops asper: evidence of rapid plasma membrane damage and a dual role for extracellular calcium.

Hard cornification in reptilian epidermis in comparison to cornification in mammalian epidermis.

Binding of a venom Lys-49 phospholipase A(2) to LPS and suppression of its effects on mouse macrophages.

Modulation of the reaction cycle of the Na+:Ca2+, K+ exchanger.

Fungicidal activity of a phospholipase-A2-derived synthetic peptide variant against Candida albicans.

Diversity of toxic components from the venom of the evolutionarily distinct black whip snake, Demansia vestigiata.

New method for characterizing highly disulfide-bridged peptides in complex mixtures: application to toxin identification from crude venoms.

Neutralization of snake venom phospholipase A2 toxins by aqueous extract of Casearia sylvestris (Flacourtiaceae) in mouse neuromuscular preparation.

Snake-venom-derived Factor IX-binding protein specifically blocks the gamma-carboxyglutamic acid-rich-domain-mediated membrane binding of human Factors IX and X.

The cross channel activities of spider neurotoxin huwentoxin-I on rat dorsal root ganglion neurons.

The diversity of bioactive proteins in Australian snake venoms.

Augmentation of vascular permeability of VEGF is enhanced by KDR-binding proteins.

Protein sequences from mastodon and Tyrannosaurus rex revealed by mass spectrometry.

Computer modeling of binding of diverse weak toxins to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

Antitumor effects of cationic synthetic peptides derived from Lys49 phospholipase A2 homologues of snake venoms.