Intersexual variations in the pharmacological properties of Coremiocnemis tropix (Araneae, Theraphosidae) spider venom

Toxicon

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 196-205

  Herzig, Volker ^a,b   Hodgson, Wayne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coremiocnemis tropix; Insecticide; Intersexual variations; Neurotoxin; Theraphosidae; Venom

Indexed keywords

NEUROTOXIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; SPIDER VENOM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COREMIOCNEMIS TROPIX; FEMALE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GRYLLIDAE; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS; TIME FACTORS;

ARANEAE; AVES; COREMIOCNEMIS; GRYLLIDAE; THERAPHOSIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58149512850     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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