Transcriptome Analysis in Venom Gland of the Predatory Giant Ant Dinoponera quadriceps: Insights into the Polypeptide Toxin Arsenal of Hymenopterans

• Alba F. C. Torres ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alba F. C. Torres, Chen Huang

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

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• Chen Huang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Alba F. C. Torres, Chen Huang

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China

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• Cheong-Meng Chong,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China

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• Siu Wai Leung,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China

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• Álvaro R. B. Prieto-da-Silva,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Genetics, Institute Butantan, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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• Alexandre Havt,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

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• Yves P. Quinet,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Entomology, State University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

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• Alice M. C. Martins ,

  * E-mail: martinsalice@gmail.com (AMCM); gandhi.radis@ufc.br (GRB)

  Affiliation Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analysis, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil

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• Simon M. Y. Lee,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau, Macao, China

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• Gandhi Rádis-Baptista

  * E-mail: martinsalice@gmail.com (AMCM); gandhi.radis@ufc.br (GRB)

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Institute for Marine Sciences, Federal University of Ceara, Brazil

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