A biochemical characterization of the major peptides from the Venom of the giant Neotropical hunting ant Dinoponera australis

Toxicon

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 702-710

  Johnson, Stephen R ^a   Copello, Julio A ^b   Evans, M Steven ^b   Suarez, Andrew V ^c  

^a Carbon Dynamics Institute   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinoponera australis; Dinoponeratoxins; Mass spectrometry; Neuroactive; Peptide; South America; Venom

Indexed keywords

ANT VENOM; CIMETROPIUM; DA 1039; DA 1585; DA 1837; DA 2501; DA 3105; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PEPTIDE;

ACCURACY; ACETYLATION; ALKYLATION; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; DINOPONERA AUSTRALIS; DRUG STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

DINOPONERA; DINOPONERA AUSTRALIS; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; PACHYCONDYLA GOELDII; PARAPONERA CLAVATA; VERTEBRATA;

ACETYLATION; ALKYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANT VENOMS; ANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDES;

EID: 77953440244     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2009.10.021     Document Type: Article

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