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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Reptilian Proteins > Cobra Cardiotoxin Proteins
... > Fluids and Secretions > Bodily Secretions > Venoms > Snake Venoms > Elapid Venoms > Cobra Cardiotoxin Proteins
... > Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Venoms > Snake Venoms > Elapid Venoms > Cobra Cardiotoxin Proteins
Complex Mixtures > Venoms > Snake Venoms > Elapid Venoms > Cobra Cardiotoxin Proteins

Preferred term

Cobra Cardiotoxin Proteins  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Cardiotoxin, Cobra
  • Cobra Cardiotoxin
  • Cobra Cytotoxin Proteins
  • Cytotoxin Proteins, Cobra
  • Direct Lytic Factors
  • Lytic Factors, Direct

Note

  • /antag permitted but consider also ANTIVENINS

Scope note

  • Most abundant proteins in COBRA venom; basic polypeptides of 57 to 62 amino acids with four disulfide bonds and a molecular weight of less than 7000; causes skeletal and cardiac muscle contraction, interferes with neuromuscular and ganglionic transmission, depolarizes nerve, muscle and blood cell membranes, thus causing hemolysis.

History note

  • 2008(1978)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004179

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