• Electrophoretic and immunochemical studies of Micrurus venoms 

      Alape Girón, Alberto; Lomonte, Bruno; Gustafsson, Bjorn; Da Silva, Nelson Jorge; Thelestam, Mónica (1994)
      The electrophoretic mobilities of venom components from 15 Micrurus species were studied by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The venoms showed species-specific protein patterns under native (PAGE) or denaturing (urea-PAGE) ...
    • Experimental myonecrosis induced by the venoms of South American Micrurus (coral snakes) 

      Gutiérrez, José María; Rojas Céspedes, Gustavo; Da Silva, Nelson Jorge; Núñez, Javier (1992)
      Venoms from 11 taxa of Micrurus (coral snakes) from Brazil and Colombia were tested for myotoxic activity in mice. All venoms, except that of M. surinamensis, induced myotoxicity as judged by the increase in plasma creatine ...
    • Mecanismo de açao dos venenos de cobras corais 

      Gutiérrez, José María; Lomonte, Bruno; Aird, Steven Douglas; Da Silva, Nelson Jorge (2016)
      Os venenos apresentam um importante papel fisiológico para as serpentes: são os fatores responsáveis pela subjugação das presas, iniciam e auxiliam sua digestão e constituem um mecanismo de defesa contra predadores/agressores, ...