FIGURE 3. Bioactivity of V. varius (Lace Monitor) venom.

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Early evolution of the venom system in lizards and snakes

Bryan G. Fry, Nicolas Vidal, Janette A. Norman, Freek J. Vonk, Holger Scheib, S. F. Ryan Ramjan, Sanjaya Kuruppu, Kim Fung, S. Blair Hedges, Michael K. Richardson, Wayne. C. Hodgson, Vera Ignjatovic, Robyn Summerhayes and Elazar Kochva

Nature 439, 584-588 (2 February 2006)

doi:10.1038/nature04328

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a, The effect of different molar concentrations of purified type III PLA2 toxin DQ139930 on platelet aggregation. The control was saline. Grey bars, 2 microM ADP; black bars, 30 microM adrenaline; white bars, 5 microM adrenaline. b, Effect of intravenous injection of crude venom (1 mg kg-1) on blood pressure in the anaesthetized rat. c, d, Effect of crude venom (200 microg ml-1) on U46619 precontracted endothelium-intact (c) and endothelium-denuded (d) aortic rings. n = 3; single traces are shown.

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