A comprehensive portrait of the venom of the giant red bull ant, Myrmecia gulosa, reveals a hyperdiverse hymenopteran toxin gene family

Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are diverse and ubiquitous, and their ability to sting is familiar to many of us. However, their venoms remain largely unstudied. We provide the first comprehensive characterization of a polypeptidic ant venom, that of the giant red bull ant, Myrmecia gulosa. We reveal...

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Autores principales: Robinson, Samuel D., Mueller, Alexander, Clayton, Daniel, Starobova, Hana, Hamilton, Brett R., Payne, Richard J., Vetter, Irina, King, Glenn F., Undheim, Eivind A. B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2018
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6135544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30214940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau4640

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6135544/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30214940
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau4640

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