Venomics of Tropidolaemus wagleri, the sexually dimorphic temple pit viper: Unveiling a deeply conserved atypical toxin arsenal

• Main Authors: Tan, C.H., Tan, K.Y., Yap, M.K.K., Tan, N.H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/19013/1/Venomics_of_Tropidolaemus_wagleri%2C_the_sexually_dimorphic_temple_pit_viper_-_Unveiling_a_deeply_conserved_atypical_toxin_arsenal.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/19013/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep43237
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Tropidolaemus wagleri (temple pit viper) is a medically important snake in Southeast Asia. It displays distinct sexual dimorphism and prey specificity, however its venomics and inter-sex venom variation have not been thoroughly investigated. Applying reverse-phase HPLC, we demonstrated that the veno...