Patterns of venom synthesis and use in the fire ant, Solenopsis invicta

Toxicon

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 673-682

  Haight, Kevin L ^a   Tschinkel, Walter R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defense; Fire ant; Season; Solenopsins; Solenopsis invicta; Stings; Venom dose; Venom milking; Venom production

Indexed keywords

ANT VENOM;

ANT; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INSECT STING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN SYNTHESIS;

FORMICIDAE; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 0242384135     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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