The king cobra genome reveals dynamic gene evolution and adaptation in the snake venom system

Autor: Ryan J.R. McCleary, Mark Yandell, Wolfgang Wüster, A. P. Jason de Koning, Diego Calderon, Asad S. Hyder, Harald M. E. Kerkkamp, Jessica M. Logan, R. Manjunatha Kini, Denis Duboule, Walter Pirovano, Guido van den Thillart, Anthony E. Woods, Libia Sanz, Freek J. Vonk, José M. C. Ribeiro, Rachel B. Currier, Nicholas R. Casewell, Alysha Heimberg, Christiaan V. Henkel, Herman P. Spaink, Robert A. Harrison, Ron P. Dirks, Hans J. Jansen, Todd A. Castoe, David D. Pollock, Isabel Guerreiro, Rutger A. Vos, Camila Renjifo, David Salgado, Davinia Pla, Edwina McGlinn, Jan W. Arntzen, Marten Boetzer, Juan J. Calvete, Michael K. Richardson

Publikováno v: Europe PubMed Central
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(51), 20651-20656

Snakes are limbless predators, and many species use venom to help overpower relatively large, agile prey. Snake venoms are complex protein mixtures encoded by several multilocus gene families that function synergistically to cause incapacitation. To

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