A simple protocol for venom peptide barcoding in scorpions

Scorpion venoms contain many species-specific peptides which target ion channels in cell membranes. Without harming the scorpions, these peptides can easily be extracted and detected by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. So far, only few studies compared the venom of different species solely for taxonomic...

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Main Authors: Stephan Schaffrath, Reinhard Predel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-06-01
Series:EuPA Open Proteomics
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212968514000221