Solenostemma argel (Delile) Hayne is a desert plant that survives harsh environmental conditions with several vital medicinal properties.Salt stress is a major constraint limiting agricultural production around the globe.However, response mechanisms behind the adaptation of S.argel plants to salt stress are still poorly understood.In the current st
Role of enzymatic activity in muscle damage and cytotoxicity induced by Bothrops asper Asp49 phospholipase A2 myotoxins: are there additional effector mechanisms involved?
Viperid venoms often contain mixtures of Asp49 and Lys49 PLA2 myotoxin isoforms, relevant to development of myonecrosis.Given their difference in catalytic activity, mechanistic studies on each type require highly purified samples.Studies on Asp49 PLA2s have shown that enzyme inactivation using p-bromophenacyl bromide (p-BPB) drastically affects to
Morphometric analysis to discriminate between species: The case of the Megalobulimus leucostoma complex
Plasticity of conchological characters had led to erroneous descriptions and the accumulation of synonyms making difficult the discrimination among species.The land snail genus Megalobulimus is an example of this problem.Megalobulimus leucostoma (Sowerby, 1835) has three subspecies which are difficult to differentiate by using the original descript