Profiling the resting venom gland of the scorpion Tityus stigmurus through a transcriptomic survey

Abstract

This investigation provides the first global view of gene expression of the venom gland from Tityus stigmurus under resting conditions. This approach enables characterization of a large number of venom gland component molecules, which belong either to known or non yet described types of venom peptides and proteins from the Buthidae family.