Discovery and characterization of a family of insecticidal neurotoxins with a rare vicinal disulfide bridge.
Wang, X., Connor, M., Smith, R., Maciejewski, M.W., Howden, M.E., Nicholson, G.M., Christie, M.J., King, G.F.(2000) Nat.Struct.Mol.Biol. 7: 505-513
- PubMed: 10881200 
- DOI: 10.1038/75921
- PubMed Abstract: 
We have isolated a family of insect-selective neurotoxins from the venom of the Australian funnel-web spider that appear to be good candidates for biopesticide engineering. These peptides, which we have named the Janus-faced atracotoxins (J-ACTXs), e ...