Molecular evolution of α-latrotoxin, the exceptionally potent vertebrate neurotoxin in black widow spider venom

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 999-1014

  Garb, Jessica E ^a   Hayashi, Cheryl Y ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

latrotoxin; black widow spider; Latrodectus; toxin evolution; venom

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LATROTOXIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; NEUROTOXIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SPIDER VENOM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DIVERSIFYING SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LATRODECTUS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PURIFYING SELECTION; STEATODA; STOP CODON;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUROTOXINS; SPIDER VENOMS;

ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA; LATRODECTUS; LATRODECTUS HASSELTI; STEATODA; THERIDIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876541147     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst011     Document Type: Article

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