Rapid Identification of Phospholipase A2 Transcripts from Snake Venoms
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Cloning PLA2 cDNAs from Snake Venoms
- a)
- PLA2 transcript sequences are intraspecifically conserved;
- b)
- None or one AluI site is at the 5’- or 3’- end of cottonmouth PLA2 transcripts;
- c)
- One AluI site is near the middle of diamondback PLA2 transcripts.
2.2. Placement of Cloned PLA2 Transcripts in Snake Venom PLA2s
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Cloning PLA2 cDNAs from Crude Venoms
3.2. Phylogenetic Analysis of Snake Venom PLA2s
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Jia, Y.; Olvera, P.; Rangel, F.; Mendez, B.; Reddy, S. Rapid Identification of Phospholipase A2 Transcripts from Snake Venoms. Toxins 2019, 11, 69. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins11020069
Jia Y, Olvera P, Rangel F, Mendez B, Reddy S. Rapid Identification of Phospholipase A2 Transcripts from Snake Venoms. Toxins. 2019; 11(2):69. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins11020069
Chicago/Turabian StyleJia, Ying, Pablo Olvera, Frida Rangel, Bianca Mendez, and Samir Reddy. 2019. "Rapid Identification of Phospholipase A2 Transcripts from Snake Venoms" Toxins 11, no. 2: 69. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins11020069