Animal Venoms: Unraveling the Molecular Complexity (Volume II)

Dear Colleagues,

In the different cultures around the world, venomous animals have long sparked a sense of mystery and fear. However, the questions of why animal venoms are toxic and why they can be used for medicinal purposes have always puzzled us. It is now known that animal venoms contain various toxins with specific structures and functions, which is the main answer to the above questions. A large number of studies have shown that these toxins are mainly proteins and peptides. Animal venoms are extremely large resources for animal toxin research, and the vast majority of venomous animals have not yet been explored.

In recent years, omics research on venoms or glands of spiders, conus, scorpions, amphibians, and snakes has shown that the astonishing diversity of peptide toxins is widely present in various venomous animals. This Special Issue aims to provide scholars with the latest research on the diversity of animal toxins: analyzing the molecular diversity of animal venoms, discovering new animal toxins, and elucidating the mechanism of interaction between animal toxins and their targets. To enhance our understanding of these important issues, we encourage experts in the field of animal toxins to contribute research papers and reviews on unraveling the molecular complexity of animal toxins to this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Ren Lai
Dr. Qiumin Lu
Guest Editors

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• venomous animal
• venom
• toxin
• protein
• peptide
• receptor
• ion channel
• transcriptomics
• proteomics
• bioinformatics

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