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Title: | Toxinology provides multidirectional and multidimensional opportunities: A personal perspective | Authors: | Kini, R.M. | Keywords: | Accelerated evolution Gene duplication and neofunctionalization Regulation of toxin expression Targeted drug delivery Tissue-selective expression |
Issue Date: | 2020 | Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd | Citation: | Kini, R.M. (2020). Toxinology provides multidirectional and multidimensional opportunities: A personal perspective. Toxicon: X 6 : 100039. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxcx.2020.100039 | Rights: | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | Abstract: | In nature, toxins have evolved as weapons to capture and subdue the prey or to counter predators or competitors. When they are inadvertently injected into humans, they cause symptoms ranging from mild discomfort to debilitation and death. Toxinology is the science of studying venoms and toxins that are produced by a wide variety of organisms. In the past, the structure, function and mechanisms of most abundant and/or most toxic components were characterized to understand and to develop strategies to neutralize their toxicity. With recent technical advances, we are able to evaluate and determine the toxin profiles using transcriptomes of venom glands and proteomes of tiny amounts of venom. Enormous amounts of data from these studies have opened tremendous opportunities in many directions of basic and applied research. The lower costs for profiling venoms will further fuel the expansion of toxin database, which in turn will provide greater exciting and bright opportunities in toxin research. © 2020 The Author(s) | Source Title: | Toxicon: X | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/196143 | ISSN: | 2590-1710 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.toxcx.2020.100039 | Rights: | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International |
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