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| Cordeiro,Francielle A.; Amorim,Fernanda G.; Anjolette,Fernando A. P.; Arantes,Eliane C.. |
| Arachnida is the largest class among the arthropods, constituting over 60,000 described species (spiders, mites, ticks, scorpions, palpigrades, pseudoscorpions, solpugids and harvestmen). Many accidents are caused by arachnids, especially spiders and scorpions, while some diseases can be transmitted by mites and ticks. These animals are widely dispersed in urban centers due to the large availability of shelter and food, increasing the incidence of accidents. Several protein and non-protein compounds present in the venom and saliva of these animals are responsible for symptoms observed in envenoming, exhibiting neurotoxic, dermonecrotic and hemorrhagic activities. The phylogenomic analysis from the complementary DNA of single-copy nuclear protein-coding... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Arachnid toxins; Scorpion venom; Spider venom; Tick saliva. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992015000100211 |
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| Bordon,Karla C F; Wiezel,Gisele A.; Amorim,Fernanda G.; Arantes,Eliane C.. |
| AbstractHyaluronidases are enzymes that mainly degrade hyaluronan, the major glycosaminoglycan of the interstitial matrix. They are involved in several pathological and physiological activities including fertilization, wound healing, embryogenesis, angiogenesis, diffusion of toxins and drugs, metastasis, pneumonia, sepsis, bacteremia, meningitis, inflammation and allergy, among others. Hyaluronidases are widely distributed in nature and the enzymes from mammalian spermatozoa, lysosomes and animal venoms belong to the subclass EC 3.2.1.35. To date, only five three-dimensional structures for arthropod venom hyaluronidases (Apis mellifera and Vespula vulgaris) were determined. Additionally, there are four molecular models for hyaluronidases fromMesobuthus... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Hyaluronidase; Scorpion; Spider; Caterpillar; Hymenoptera; Insects; Cloning; Heterologous expression; PEGylation; Biotechnological applications. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992015000100214 |
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