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Transcriptomic basis for an antiserum against Micrurus corallinus (coral snake) venom

BACKGROUND: Micrurus corallinus (coral snake) is a tropical forest snake belonging to the family Elapidae. Its venom shows a high neurotoxicity associated with pre- and post-synaptic toxins, causing diaphragm paralysis, which may result in death. In spite of a relatively small incidence of accidents...

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Autores principales: Leão, Luciana I, Ho, Paulo L, Junqueira-de-Azevedo, Inacio de LM
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2662881/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19291316
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-10-112