Venom gland transcriptome analyses of two freshwater stingrays (Myliobatiformes: Potamotrygonidae) from Brazil

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 21935
• Main Authors: Júnior, Nelson Gomes de Oliveira, Fernandes, Gabriel da Rocha, Cardoso, Marlon Henrique, Costa, Fabrício F., Cândido, Elizabete de Souza, Neto, Domingos Garrone, Mortari, Márcia Renata, Schwartz, Elisabeth Ferroni, Franco, Octávio Luiz, de Alencar, Sérgio Amorim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 26.02.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/158; 631/208/514/2254; 631/45/475; 631/61/212/2019; Animals; Brazil; Endemic species; Exocrine Glands - metabolism; Fish Proteins - genetics; Fish Venoms - metabolism; Fresh Water; Gene expression; Gene Expression Profiling; Glands; Homology; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hyaluronoglucosaminidase - genetics; multidisciplinary; Ribonucleic acid; Rivers; RNA; Science; Skates (Fish) - genetics; Skates (Fish) - metabolism; Species Specificity; Venom; Venom gland; Brazil

Stingrays commonly cause human envenoming related accidents in populations of the sea, near rivers and lakes. Transcriptomic profiles have been used to elucidate components of animal venom, since they are capable of providing molecular information on the biology of the animal and could have biomedic...