An insecticidal peptide from the theraposid Brachypelma smithi spider venom reveals common molecular features among spider species from different genera

Peptides

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1901-1908

  Corzo, Gerardo ^a   Diego García, Elia ^a,b   Clement, Herlinda ^a   Peigneur, Steve ^b   Odell, George ^a   Tytgat, Jan ^b   Possani, Lourival D ^a   Alagón, Alejandro ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cDNA; Insecticidal; Peptide; Spider toxin; Theraposid

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; GLYCINE; SPIDER VENOM;

AMIDATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GRYLLIDAE; ION CHANNEL GATING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; ARANEAE; BRACHYPELMA SMITHI; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; HEXATHELIDAE; MACROTHELE GIGAS; ORNITHOCTONUS HUWENA;

EID: 54149091011     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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