Venom Genomics and Proteomics

This volume provides the reader with recent advances in the fields of molecular toxinology, the biotechnological applications of venom toxins, and antivenom production. The content of the twenty chapters of Venom Genomics and Proteomics illustrates not only the enormous progress made since the imple...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gopalakrishnakone, P. (Editor), Calvete, Juan J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:Toxinology
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Deadly Innovations: Unraveling the Molecular Evolution of Animal Venoms
  • Squamate Reptile Genomics and Evolution
  • Venoms of Colubrids
  • Phylogenetics of Scorpions of Medical Importance
  • Scorpion Venom Gland Transcriptomics and Proteomics: An Overview
  • Brown Spider Venom: The Identification and Biotechnological Potential of Venom Toxins
  • Venom Toxins of Fire Ants
  • The Platypus: A Venomous Mammal
  • Structure-Function Relationship of Modular Domains of P-III Class
  • Snake Venom Metalloproteinases
  • Biological Activities and Assays of the Snake Venom Metalloproteinases (SVMPs)
  • Three-Dimensional Structures and Mechanisms of Snake Venom Serine Proteinases, Metalloproteinases, and Phospholipase A2s
  • Structure-Function Relationship in Heterodimeric Neurotoxin PLA2s from Viperidae Snakes Inhabiting Europe, South America, and Asia
  • Snake Venom Phospholipase A2: Evolution and Diversity. - Automated Mass Fingerprinting of Venoms in Nanogram Range: Review of Technology
  • Snake Venom Peptidomics
  • Snake Venom Proteopeptidomics: What Lies Behind the Curtain
  • Shotgun Approaches for Venom Analysis
  • Purinergic Mechanisms of Prey Acquisition by Venomous Organisms
  • Applications of Snake Toxins in Biomedicine
  • Industrial Production and Quality Control of Snake Antivenoms