What was the criteria Dr. Fry used to determine that the cornsake venom was the same as, or very similar to elapid venom? Is it DNA testing or electropheresis regarding proteins?
Have the papers been published yet?
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Cornsnake venom
rearfang
Aug 25, 2003 06:21 PM
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rearfang
Aug 25, 2003 06:24 PM
For the record ... I have a wife (who forgot to sign in) Frank
Greg Longhurst
Aug 25, 2003 06:49 PM
Here's the paper. ~~G~~
The Paper
rearfang
Aug 25, 2003 10:24 PM
The wife says thanks! Good to see you are still kickin Greg.. Frank Menser
WW
Aug 26, 2003 02:31 AM
>>What was the criteria Dr. Fry used to determine that the cornsake venom was the same as, or very similar to elapid venom? Is it DNA testing or electropheresis regarding proteins?
>>Have the papers been published yet?
Actually, the snake used was an Asian rat snake, Coelognathus radiatus (formerly Elaphe radiata). As far as we can tell from histological studies of the suprlabial region, the North American rat, king, mil, gopher and glossy snakes are actually among the few colubrids which have NO evnom of any kind.
There is a second paper in press in Journal of Molecular Evolution whichdetails exactly the isolation, sequence and analysis of the C. radiatus toxin.
Cheers,
Wolfgang
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WW
