The wonderful world of spiders: Preface to the special Toxicon issue on spider venoms

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 471-475

  King, Glenn F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LATROTOXIN; INSECTICIDE; NEUROTOXIN; SPIDER VENOM;

ENVENOMATION; HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREDATION; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIDER;

ARANEAE;

EID: 1942470961     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.02.001     Document Type: Editorial

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