Proteomic analysis of Myrmecia pilosula (jack jumper) ant venom

Toxicon

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 208-217

  Wiese, Michael D ^a,b,c   Chataway, Tim K ^a,d   Davies, Noel W ^f   Milne, Robert W ^b   Brown, Simon G A ^g   Gai, Wei Ping ^d   Heddle, Robert J ^a,e  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acid urea PAGE; Jack jumper ant venom; Mass spectrometry; Myrmecia pilosula; Pilosulin 3; Pilosulin 4; Pilosulin 4.1; Pilosulin 5; SDS PAGE

Indexed keywords

ANT VENOM; DISULFIDE; PILOSULIN 4; PILOSULIN 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANT VENOMS; ANTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDES; PROTEOMICS;

FORMICIDAE; MYRMECIA PILOSULA;

EID: 31344464662     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2005.10.018     Document Type: Article

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