De Novo venom-gland transcriptomics of spine-bellied sea snake (hydrophis curtus) from Penang, Malaysia-next-generation sequencing, functional annotation and toxinological correlation

• Main Authors: Tan, Choo Hock, Tan, Kae Yi
• Format: Article
• Published: MDPI 2021
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/26929/

Envenomation resulted from sea snake bite is a highly lethal health hazard in Southeast Asia. Although commonly caused by sea snakes of Hydrophiinae, each species is evolutionarily distinct and thus, unveiling the toxin gene diversity within individual species is important. Applying next-generation...