Comparison of the peptidome and insecticidal activity of venom from a taxonomically diverse group of theraphosid spiders

Toxicon

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 496-502

  Gentz, Margaret C ^a   Jones, Alun ^a   Clement, Herlinda ^b   King, Glenn F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Australian funnel web spider; Insecticidal toxin; Spider; Tarantula; Venom; Venom peptidome

Indexed keywords

SPIDER VENOM;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRACHYPELMA ALBICEPS; BRACHYPELMA HAMORII; COLEOPTERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COREMIOCNEMIS TROPIX; HADRONYCHE INFENSA; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; LD 50; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SELENOCOSMIA CRASSIPES; SELENOTHOLUS FOELSCHEI; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPIDER; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

ANIMALS; GRYLLIDAE; INSECTICIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS; TENEBRIO;

ACHETA DOMESTICUS; ARANEAE; BRACHYPELMA; COLEOPTERA; COREMIOCNEMIS; DIPLURIDAE; GRYLLIDAE; HADRONYCHE INFENSA; HEXAPODA; HEXATHELIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; TARANTULA; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; TENEBRIONIDAE; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 61649093528     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.01.025     Document Type: Article

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