A rational nomenclature for naming peptide toxins from spiders and other venomous animals

King, GF; Gentz, MC; Escoubas, P; Nicholson, GM

A rational nomenclature for naming peptide toxins from spiders and other venomous animals

King, GF Gentz, MC Escoubas, P Nicholson, GM

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Toxicon, 2008, 52 (2), pp. 264 - 276
Issue Date:: 2008-08-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	King, GF	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gentz, MC	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Escoubas, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Nicholson, GM https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4277-4296	en_US
dc.date.available	2008-05-23	en_US
dc.date.issued	2008-08-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Toxicon, 2008, 52 (2), pp. 264 - 276	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0041-0101	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/9701
dc.description.abstract	Molecular toxinology research was initially driven by an interest in the small subset of animal toxins that are lethal to humans. However, the realization that many venomous creatures possess a complex repertoire of bioactive peptide toxins with potential pharmaceutical and agrochemical applications has led to an explosion in the number of new peptide toxins being discovered and characterized. Unfortunately, this increased awareness of peptide-toxin diversity has not been matched by the development of a generic nomenclature that enables these toxins to be rationally classified, catalogued, and compared. In this article, we introduce a rational nomenclature that can be applied to the naming of peptide toxins from spiders and other venomous animals. Crown Copyright © 2008.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Toxicon	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.toxicon.2008.05.020	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Toxicology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Venoms	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Animals	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Snakes	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Scorpions	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Spiders	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Sea Anemones	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Snails	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Peptides	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Spider Venoms	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Toxicology	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Databases, Factual	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Terminology as Topic	en_US
dc.title	A rational nomenclature for naming peptide toxins from spiders and other venomous animals	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	52	en_US
utslib.for	1115 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHT - Health Technologies
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	52	en_US

Abstract:

Molecular toxinology research was initially driven by an interest in the small subset of animal toxins that are lethal to humans. However, the realization that many venomous creatures possess a complex repertoire of bioactive peptide toxins with potential pharmaceutical and agrochemical applications has led to an explosion in the number of new peptide toxins being discovered and characterized. Unfortunately, this increased awareness of peptide-toxin diversity has not been matched by the development of a generic nomenclature that enables these toxins to be rationally classified, catalogued, and compared. In this article, we introduce a rational nomenclature that can be applied to the naming of peptide toxins from spiders and other venomous animals. Crown Copyright © 2008.

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