Spider Venom: Components, Modes of Action, and Novel Strategies in Transcriptomic and Proteomic Analyses
This review gives an overview on the development of research on spider venoms with a focus on structure and function of venom components and techniques of analysis. Major venom component groups are small molecular mass compounds, antimicrobial (also called cytolytic, or cationic) peptides (only in s...
Main Authors: | Nicolas Langenegger, Wolfgang Nentwig, Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-10-01
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Series: | Toxins |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/11/10/611 |
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