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  • Front Cover; ADVANCES IN BOTANICAL RESEARCH; Plant Cyclotides; Copyright; Contents; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; One
  • Overview on the Discovery and Applications of Cyclotides; 1. INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Two
  • Cyclotides in the Violaceae; 1. THE DISCOVERY OF CYCLOTIDES IN VIOLACEAE; 2. UNLOCKING THE CYCLOTIDE LIBRARY; 3. THE VIOLACEAE; 4. VIOLACEAE-THE PHARMACOPOEIA; 5. GROWING NEEDS AND SOURCES OF CYCLOTIDES; 6. COMPLETING THE CIRCLE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Three
  • Cyclotides in the Rubiaceae; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DISCOVERY OF CYCLOTIDES
  • 2.1 Cyclotide Analytical Screening Workflow2.2 Cyclotides Sequence Analysis Using Transcriptomics and Peptidomics; 3. DISTRIBUTION OF CYCLOTIDES IN RUBIACEAE; 3.1 Rubiaceae-An Overview; 3.2 Morphology and Taxonomy of Rubiaceae; 3.3 Distribution of Cyclotides within Rubiaceae; 3.4 Cyclotide Precursors of Rubiaceae Plants; 3.5 Cyclotide Sequence Variations within Rubiaceae; 3.6 Distribution of Cyclotides in Other Gentianales; 4. EVOLUTION OF CYCLOTIDES; 5. BIOACTIVITIES OF RUBIACEAE CYCLOTIDES; 6. CONCLUSION AND OUTLOOK; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Four
  • Cyclotides from Chinese Plants
  • 1. Introduction2. Chemical Detection Method for Cyclotides; 3. Distribution and Chemotaxonomy of Cyclotides in Chinese Plants; 4. Extraction, Isolation and Structural Elucidation of Cyclotides in Chinese Plants; 4.1 Extraction and Isolation of Cyclotides in Chinese Plants; 4.2 Tandem MS Sequencing of Cyclotides in Chinese Plants; 4.3 NMR Characterization of Cyclotides in Chinese Plants; 5. Biological Activity of Cyclotides in Chinese Plants; Acknowledgments; References; Five
  • Primary Structural Analysis of Cyclotides; 1. CYCLOTIDE DISCOVERY-UNTANGLING THE CYSTINE KNOT
  • 2. TOOLS FOR PEPTIDE SEQUENCE ASSIGNMENT2.1 Gene Sequencing; 2.2 Genome Mining; 2.3 Next-Generation Sequencing; 2.4 Peptide Extraction and Purification; 2.5 Acid Hydrolysis and Amino Acid Analysis; 2.6 Edman Degradation; 2.7 Chemical and Enzymatic Digestion; 3. MASS SPECTROMETRY; 3.1 Ionization; 3.1.1 Electrospray Ionization; 3.1.2 Nanoelectrospray Ionization; 3.1.3 Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Mass Spectrometry; 3.2 Mass Analyzers; 3.2.1 Quadrupole Mass Analyzers; 3.2.2 TOF Mass Analyzers; 3.3 Peptide Sequencing; 4. APPLICATION OF MASS SPECTROMETRY TO CYCLOTIDE SEQUENCING
  • 4.1 MS Analysis of Cyclotides4.2 Tandem Mass Spectrometric (MS/MS) Analysis of Cyclotides; 4.3 Application of "Omics" Technologies to Cyclotide Sequencing; 5. CHALLENGES AND COMPLEXITIES; 5.1 Co-eluting, Isobaric Peptides; 5.2 N/D Isoforms; 5.3 Unknown Genomes/Incomplete DBs; 6. FUTURE PROSPECTS; 6.1 Transcriptomics and Bioinformatics; 6.2 Automation and Robotics; 6.3 Advances in MS Hardware; 6.4 Advances in MS Software; 7. CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Six
  • Structural Studies of Cyclotides; 1. THE CYCLIC CYSTINE KNOT; 2. STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF CYCLOTIDES; 2.1 Structural Studies