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SUBMITTER: Sartim MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4583214 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sartim Marco A MA Sampaio Suely V SV
The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases 20150924
Snake venom galactoside-binding lectins (SVgalLs) comprise a class of toxins capable of recognizing and interacting with terminal galactoside residues of glycans. In the past 35 years, since the first report on the purification of thrombolectin from Bothrops atrox snake venom, several SVgalLs from Viperidae and Elapidae snake families have been described, as has progressive improvement in the investigation of structural/functional aspects of these lectins. Moreover, the advances of techniques ap ...[more]