North American Coral Snake Antivenin for the Neutralization of Non-native Elapid Venoms in a Murine Model

Molecular cloning of serine proteases from elapid snake venoms.

Serine proteases are widely distributed in viperid snake venoms, but rare in elapid snake venoms. Previously, we have identified a fibrinogenolytic enzyme termed OhS1 from the venom of Ophiophagus hannah. The results indicated that OhS1 might be a serine protease, but there was no structural evidence previously. In the present study, the primary structure of OhS1 was determined by protein seque...

Venoms of coral snakes (Micrurus spp.): report on a multivalent antivenin for the Americas.

A multivalent coral snake antivenin was prepared in horses immunized with a mixture of venoms from the species Micrurus nigrocinctus, M. mipartitus, and M. frontalis, following immunization procedures previously reported (2). Plasma from the horses was fractionated with ammonium sulfate. The antivenin produced was then tested against venoms from ten species. The neutralization titers obtained i...

investigating the feasibility of a proposed model for geometric design of deployable arch structures

deployable scissor type structures are composed of the so-called scissor-like elements (sles), which are connected to each other at an intermediate point through a pivotal connection and allow them to be folded into a compact bundle for storage or transport. several sles are connected to each other in order to form units with regular polygonal plan views. the sides and radii of the polygons are...

[The protective properties of antivenom sera with respect to the venom of snakes of Central Asia].

A Global Database on Coral Reefs and Their Resources

(eds.) ReefBase: A global database oncoral reefs and their resources. ICLARM,Manila.