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Record Nr.

UNINA9910597994103321

Autore

Fox Jay

Titolo

Snake Venom Metalloproteinases / / Jay Fox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel : , : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, , 2017

©2017

Edizione

[1. Auflage.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

616.35

Soggetti

Hemorrhoids - Homeopathic treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

This special edition of Toxins will cover recent developments in snake venom metalloproteinase structure, function and clinical implications. It will include a historical retrospective of the discovery of Snake Venom Metalloproteinases (SVMPs) and early insights into their biochemical mechanisms and how they function in envenomation. The individual articles will review - SVMP Structure - Pathologies associated with SVMPs activities - Mechanism of action; evolution and orthologs - SVMP processing and disintegrins - Potential clinical applications of SVMP scaffolds.