Australian funnel-web spiders: Master insecticide chemists

Toxicon

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 601-618

  Tedford, Hugo W ^a   Sollod, Brianna L ^a   Maggio, Francesco ^a   King, Glenn F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atracotoxin; Chemical insecticides; Funnel web spider; Insect toxin; Neurotoxin; Spider venoms

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; INSECTICIDE; NEUROTOXIN; PESTICIDE; SPIDER VENOM;

ARTHROPOD; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIDER; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INSECTICIDES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PEPTIDES; PEST CONTROL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; DIPLURIDAE; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942534974     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2004.02.010     Document Type: Review

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