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Functional venomics of the Sri Lankan Russell's viper (Daboia russelii) and its toxinological correlations.

Tan NH1, Fung SY2, Tan KY2, Yap MK2, Gnanathasan CA3, Tan CH4.
Journal of proteomics.J Proteomics.2015 Oct 14;128:403-23. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2015.08.017. Epub 2015 Sep 3.
The venom proteome (venomics) of the Sri Lankan Daboia russelii was elucidated using 1D SDS PAGE nano-ESI-LCMS/MS shotgun proteomics. A total of 41 different venom proteins belonging to 11 different protein families were identified. The four main protein families are phospholipase A2 (PLA2, 35.0%),
PMID 26342672

Vargas RA1, Sarmiento K1, Vásquez IC1.
Zebrafish.Zebrafish.2015 Oct;12(5):320-6. doi: 10.1089/zeb.2015.1102. Epub 2015 Jul 21.
Zebrafish are an emerging basic biomedical research model that has multiple advantages compared with other research models. Given that biotoxins, such as toxins, poisons, and venoms, represent health hazards to animals and humans, a low-cost biological model that is highly sensitive to biotoxins is
PMID 26196742

Firing the sting: chemically induced discharge of cnidae reveals novel proteins and peptides from box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) venom.

Jouiaei M1,2, Casewell NR3, Yanagihara AA4, Nouwens A5, Cribb BW6, Whitehead D7, Jackson TN8,9, Ali SA10,11, Wagstaff SC12, Koludarov I13,14, Alewood P15, Hansen J16, Fry BG17,18.
Toxins.Toxins (Basel).2015 Mar 18;7(3):936-50. doi: 10.3390/toxins7030936.
Cnidarian venom research has lagged behind other toxinological fields due to technical difficulties in recovery of the complex venom from the microscopic nematocysts. Here we report a newly developed rapid, repeatable and cost effective technique of venom preparation, using ethanol to induce nematoc
PMID 25793725