Characterization of the venom from the Australian scorpion Urodacus yaschenkoi: Molecular mass analysis of components, cDNA sequences and peptides with antimicrobial activity

Toxicon

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 44-54

  Luna Ramírez, Karen ^a   Quintero Hernández, Veronica ^b   Vargas Jaimes, Leonel ^b   Batista, Cesar V F ^b   Winkel, Kenneth D ^a   Possani, Lourival D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Australia; CDNA library; Scorpion toxin; Urodacus yaschenkoi; Venom

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NEUROTOXIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SCORPION VENOM;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEMOLYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCORPION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; URODACUS YASCHENKOI;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PEPTIDES; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; SCORPION VENOMS; SCORPIONS;

HADRURUS; NEGIBACTERIA; OPISTOPHTHALMUS CARINATUS; POSIBACTERIA; SCORPIO MAURUS PALMATUS; SCORPIONES; URODACIDAE; URODACUS YASCHENKOI;

EID: 84871401430     PISSN: 00410101     EISSN: 18793150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.11.017     Document Type: Article

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