Wound Healing Activity and Mechanisms of Action of an Antibacterial Protein from the Venom of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)

Ramar Perumal Samy; Matheswaran Kandasamy; Ponnampalam Gopalakrishnakone; Bradley G. Stiles; Edward G. Rowan; David Becker; Muthu K. Shanmugam; Gautam Sethi; Vincent T. K. Chow

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080199

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Wound Healing Activity and Mechanisms of Action of an Antibacterial Protein from the Venom of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)

Ramar Perumal Samy ,

* E-mail: rperumalsamy@yahoo.co.uk

Affiliations Venom and Toxin Research Programme, Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Infectious Diseases Programme, Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Matheswaran Kandasamy,

Affiliation Infection & Immunity Programme, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Brenner Centre for Molecular Medicine, Singapore, Singapore
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Ponnampalam Gopalakrishnakone,

Affiliation Venom and Toxin Research Programme, Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Bradley G. Stiles,

Current address: Department of Biology, Wilson College, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Integrated Toxicology Division, US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Maryland, United States of America
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Edward G. Rowan,

Affiliation Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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David Becker,

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Muthu K. Shanmugam,

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Clinical Research Centre, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Gautam Sethi,

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Clinical Research Centre, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Vincent T. K. Chow

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Programme, Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Wound Healing Activity and Mechanisms of Action of an Antibacterial Protein from the Venom of the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)

Ramar Perumal Samy,
Matheswaran Kandasamy,
Ponnampalam Gopalakrishnakone,
Bradley G. Stiles,
Edward G. Rowan,
David Becker,
Muthu K. Shanmugam,
Gautam Sethi,
Vincent T. K. Chow

Published: February 14, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080199

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