Publications by authors named "Noranathan C Guimaraes"
Toxins (Basel)
December 2020
Article Synopsis
- This study investigates how snake venom changes as snakes grow, focusing on variations in venom composition among different-sized individuals.
- Researchers decoded venom gland transcripts from six snakes and analyzed venom proteins from 19, identifying 125 toxin transcripts, with only 10 linked to growth changes.
- The findings indicate that larger snakes primarily produce myotoxic phospholipases A, while smaller snakes have venom that is more hemorrhagic and pro-coagulant due to unique metalloproteinases, showing that transcriptional changes play a key role in venom variability.
