Brown Spider (Loxosceles genus) Venom Toxins: Tools for Biological Purposes

Brown Spider (Loxosceles genus) Venom Toxins: Tools for Biological Purposes

Venomous animals use their venoms as tools for defense or predation. These venoms are complex mixtures, mainly enriched of proteic toxins or peptides with several, and different, biological activities. In general, spider venom is rich in biologically active molecules that are useful in experimental...

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Main Authors: Andrea Senff-Ribeiro, Silvio Sanches Veiga, Luiza Helena Gremski, Waldemiro Gremski, Rafael Bertoni da Silveira, Oldemir Carlos Mangili, Valéria Pereira Ferrer, Fernando Hitomi Matsubara, Daniele Chaves-Moreira, Ana Carolina M. Wille, Dilza Trevisan-Silva, Olga Meiri Chaim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-03-01
Series:Toxins
Subjects:
Loxosceles
brown spider
venom
recombinant toxins
biotechnological applications
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/3/3/309/

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