Table 3. Compilation of the studies on Latrodectus spiders using proteomics and transcriptomics approaches.
Species | Origin | Analyzed material | P/T |
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L. tredecimguttatus | Not informed | Eggs [198] | P |
Not informed | Eggs [197] | T | |
China | Newly-hatched spiderlings and adult spiders [205] | P | |
Not informed | Venom glands (F) [207] | T | |
China | Venom extracted from dissected venom glands (F) [129] | P | |
China | Venom extracted by ES (F) [208] | P | |
L. hesperus | Not informed | Silk glands (M and F) [199] | T |
United States | Silk glands (F) [200] | P | |
Database | Different tissue types [206] | T | |
Database | Different tissue types [201] | T | |
Database | Different tissue types [202] | T | |
United States | Different tissue types (F) [203] | T | |
United States | Venom glands, silk glands, and cephalothorax (F) [204] | T | |
Not informed | Silk glands, cephalothorax minus venom glands, venom glands, and venom extracted by ES (F) [209] | P/T | |
L. geometricus | United States | Different tissue types (F) [203] | T |
Not informed | Silk glands (M and F) [199] | T | |
Thailand | Venom extracted by the cold shock method (F) [210] | P | |
L. mactans | Alphabiotoxine Laboratory | Venom glands and venom extracted by ES [211] | P/T |
P: proteome analysis; T: transcriptome analysis; M: male; F: female; ES: electrical stimulation.