The first venomous crustacean revealed by transcriptomics and functional morphology: Remipede venom glands express a unique toxin cocktail dominated by enzymes and a neurotoxin

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 48-58

  Von Reumont, Björn M ^a   Blanke, Alexander ^b   Richter, Sandy ^c   Alvarez, Fernando ^d   Bleidorn, Christoph ^c   Jenner, Ronald A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

agatoxin; ESTs; venom evolution; venomics; venomous arthropods

Indexed keywords

CHITINASE; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; NEUROTOXIN; PEPTIDASE S1; SPIDER VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CENTIPEDE; CRUSTACEA; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NONHUMAN; POISONOUS ANIMAL; POISONOUS SCORPION; POISONOUS SPIDER; SPELEONECTES TULUMENSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

AGATOXIN; ESTS; VENOM EVOLUTION; VENOMICS; VENOMOUS ARTHROPODS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRUSTACEA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTOXINS; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTOME; VENOMS;

EID: 84891779968     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst199     Document Type: Article

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