The insecticidal potential of venom peptides

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 3665-3693

  Smith, Jennifer J ^a   Herzig, Volker ^a   King, Glenn F ^a   Alewood, Paul F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cone snail; Insecticidal toxins; Scorpion; Sea anemone; Snake; Spider; Toxin structural folds; Venom peptides; Voltage gated ion channels

Indexed keywords

CONTRYPHAN; CYSTINE STABILIZED ALPHABETA; DEFENSIN LIKE; DISULFIDE DIRECTED BETA HAIRPIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; INHIBITOR CYSTINE KNOT; INSECTICIDAL VENOM PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; NEUROTOXIN III; THREE FINGER TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; INSECTICIDAL ACTIVITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOPHORE; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ACTINIARIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPODA; SCORPIONES;

EID: 84884356570     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1315-3     Document Type: Review

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