M.E. de Lima
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
26 Papers
163 Citations
M.E. de Lima is an academic researcher from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Venom. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 26 publications.
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Papers
Tityus serrulatus Hypotensins: A new family of peptides from scorpion venom
Thiago Verano-Braga,Cibele Rocha-Resende,Denise M. R. Silva,Danielle Ianzer,Marie-France Martin-Eauclaire,Pierre E. Bougis,M.E. de Lima,Robson A.S. Santos,Adriano Monteiro de Castro Pimenta +8 more
TL;DR: These peptides appear to exert their anti-hypertensive effect through NO-dependent and ACE-independent mechanisms.
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LyeTx I, a potent antimicrobial peptide from the venom of the spider Lycosa erythrognatha
Daniel Moreira dos Santos,Rodrigo M. Verly,Dorila Piló-Veloso,M. de Maria,M.A.R. De Carvalho,Patrícia Silva Cisalpino,Betânia Maria Soares,Cláudio Galuppo Diniz,Luiz de Macêdo Farias,D. F. F. Moreira,Frédéric Frézard,Marcelo P. Bemquerer,Adriano Monteiro de Castro Pimenta,M.E. de Lima +13 more
TL;DR: The high activity against bacteria together with the moderate activity against fungi and the low haemolytic activity have indicated LyeTx I as a good prototype for developing new antibiotic peptides.
Peptides of arachnid venoms with insecticidal activity targeting sodium channels.
M.E. de Lima,Suely G. Figueiredo,Adriano Monteiro de Castro Pimenta,Daniel Moreira dos Santos,Márcia H. Borges,Marta N. Cordeiro,Michael K. Richardson,Leida Calegário Oliveira,Maria Stankiewicz,Marcel Pelhate +9 more
TL;DR: Spider and scorpion toxins having insecticidal activity are reviewed here considering their structures, toxicities and action mechanisms in sodium channels of excitable membranes.
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Purification and characterization of a fibrinogen-clotting enzyme from the venom of jararacuçu (Bothrops jararacussu).
TL;DR: A clotting enzyme of the venom of Bothrops jararacussu, denoted FC-Bj, was purified by gel chromatography on Sephadex G-100 followed by HPLC on DEAE-5PW-PAK and gel filtration onSephacryl S-200HR and the kinetic parameters were determined.
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A potent vasoactive cytolysin isolated from Scorpaena plumieri scorpionfish venom
Filipe Andrich,Juliana B.T. Carnielli,Juliana S. Cassoli,Roberto Queiroga Lautner,Robson A.S. Santos,Adriano Marçal Pimenta,M.E. de Lima,Suely G. Figueiredo +7 more
TL;DR: The first isolation of a cytolytic/vasoactive protein from scorpionfish venom is reported, and the data provided suggest structural and functional similarities between Sp-CTx and previously published stonefish hemolytic toxins.
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