Arachnid toxinology in Australia: From clinical toxicology to potential applications

Toxicon

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 872-898

  Nicholson, Graham M ^a   Graudins, Andis ^b,c   Wilson, Harry I ^a   Little, Michelle ^a   Broady, Kevin W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Latrotoxin; Antivenom; Atracotoxins; Australian paralysis tick; Australian scorpions; Australian spiders; Bioinsecticide; Missulenatoxins

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA LATROTOXIN; ARTHROPOD VENOM; NEUROTOXIN; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM; SCORPION VENOM; SPIDER VENOM; SPIDER VENOM ANTISERUM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ALLERGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENVENOMATION; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; LYMPHANGITIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPIDER; SPIDER BITE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TICK BITE; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIVENINS; ARACHNIDISM; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; BUTHIDA; DIPLURIDAE; INSECTA; IXODES HOLOCYCLUS; SCORPIONES;

EID: 33750951949     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2006.07.025     Document Type: Article

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