Figure 1.

Immunodepletion of venom proteins from Echis taxa by the polyspecific EchiTAb-Plus-ICP antivenom. Panels B, D, and F show, respectively, reverse-phase separations of the proteins recovered after incubation of the crude venoms of (A) E. ocellatus, (C) E. leucogaster, and (E) E. pyramidum leakeyi with the polyspecific EchiTAb-Plus-ICP antivenom, followed by rabbit anti-horse IgG antiserum and immunoprecipitation. The inset shows SDS-PAGE analyses of β-mercaptoethanol-reduced fractions labeled as in the respective chromatograms. Molecular mass markers (in kDa) are indicated at the side of each gel. Protein fraction numbering is as in Table 1.