Prospective Use of Brown Spider Venom Toxins as Therapeutic and Biotechnological Inputs

Prospective Use of Brown Spider Venom Toxins as Therapeutic and Biotechnological Inputs

Brown spider (genus Loxosceles) venoms are mainly composed of protein toxins used for predation and defense. Bites of these spiders most commonly produce a local dermonecrotic lesion with gravitational spread, edema and hemorrhage, which together are defined as cutaneous loxoscelism. Systemic loxosc...

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Main Authors: Luiza Helena Gremski, Fernando Hitomi Matsubara, Nayanne Louise Costacurta Polli, Bruno Cesar Antunes, Pedro Henrique de Caires Schluga, Hanna Câmara da Justa, João Carlos Minozzo, Ana Carolina Martins Wille, Andrea Senff-Ribeiro, Silvio Sanches Veiga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
Subjects:
Loxosceles
proteins
peptides
recombinant proteins
venom
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmolb.2021.706704/full

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