Wound healing activity and mechanisms of action of an antibacterial protein from the venom of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus).

Basic phospholipase A2 was identified from the venom of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake. The Crotalus adamanteus toxin-II (CaTx-II) induced bactericidal effects (7.8 µg/ml) on Staphylococcus aureus, while on Burkholderia pseudomallei (KHW), and Enterobacter aerogenes were killed at 15.6 µg/ml. C...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ramar Perumal Samy, Matheswaran Kandasamy, Ponnampalam Gopalakrishnakone, Bradley G Stiles, Edward G Rowan, David Becker, Muthu K Shanmugam, Gautam Sethi, Vincent T K Chow
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
Subjects:
R
Q
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/5ade61f0dd7f4795b1c20628fab59e9e
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!