Animal Toxins Facts and Protocols

1. Assays for Dinoflagellate Toxins, Specifically Brevetoxin, Ciguatoxin, and Saxitoxin.- 2. Maitotoxin, Okadaic Acid and Microcystins: Toxins That Disturb Signal Transduction and Phosphorylations.- 3. Sea Anemone Toxins Acting on Na+ Channels and K+ Channels: Isolation and Characterization.- 4. Nemertine Toxins.- 5. Conus Peptides and their Iodinated Derivatives as Probes for Ion Channels and Receptors.- 6. Ant Polypeptide Toxins.- 7. Wasp Kinins and Kinin Analogues.- 8. Mastoparan as a G Protein Activator.- 9. Pharmacologically Active Peptides and Proteins from Bee Venom.- 10. Purification and Characterization of Scorpion Toxins Acting on Voltage-Sensitive Na+ Channels.- 11. Immunological Properties of Scorpion Toxins.- 12. Scorpion Toxins and Potassium Channels.- 13. Chemical Synthesis and Characterization of Small Proteins: Example of Scorpion Toxins.- 14. Characterization of Animal Toxins Binding to Ionic Channels from Electrophysiological Recordings.- 15. "Three-Fingered" Toxins from Hydrophid and Elapid Snakes: Artificial Procedures to Overproduce Wild-Type and Mutated Curaremimetic Toxins.- 16. Elapidae Toxins: The Fasciculins, and their Interaction with Acetylcholinesterase.- 17. Dendrotoxins and BPTI-like Proteins.- 18. Sarafotoxins: Cloning of mRNAs Encoding Sarafotoxin Precursors.- 19. Snake Venom Phospholipase A2 Enzymes in Cell Biology.- 20. Polypeptides and Proteins Active in the Coagulation Process.- Guide to Solutions.- Guide to Protocols.- Troubleshooting Guide.