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Reviewer: Sasata ( talk · contribs) 02:27, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
Review coming soon.
Sasata (
talk) 02:27, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay ... here are some starter comments:
- the lead is not yet a good summary of the article (see WP:LEAD for guidelines)
- possibly useful wikilinks: neurotransmitter release, neuromuscular junction, stinging cell, amino acid sequence, homologous, voltage-gated sodium channel; Glu and Lys should be spelled out
- ”Calitoxin is a highly potent neurotoxin, which can be found in the nematocysts, organelles in stinging cells, of the Calliactis parasitica.” fix grammar
- ”Two genes coding for two highly homologous calitoxins are discovered and analyzed” fix
- missing information: who discovered calitoxin, when, and under what circumstances? The short etymology section could perhaps be merged with this info
- has anyone quantified the amount of calitoxin in Calliactis parasitica?
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Not that I can find. I found the minimum dose (it is in the article). The extraction method sounds pretty crude, so I doubt that anyone can say exactly how much is in there. —
Gaff
ταλκ 04:00, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
- ”by injecting a 0.1 mL solution with 0.2 µg lyophilized CLX of into the hemocoel.” this is far too much detail for a general encyclopedia
- what is the toxin's isoelectric point?
- are there any disulfide bonds?
- is the compound commonly used in studies of ion channels?
- @ Sasata: The above concerns have been addressed. I've substantially expanded the article, added a table comparing the sequences, and restructured problematic sections. Please let me know what else can be done to bring this to GA status. — Gaff ταλκ 19:27, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
- The corrections and additions look great! I've made some additional copyedits and added more links; feel free to revert if you don't like them. I'm confident that this article now meets the GA criteria, and am happy to promote at his time. Cheers, Sasata ( talk) 19:53, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Sasata ( talk · contribs) 02:27, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
Review coming soon.
Sasata (
talk) 02:27, 6 November 2014 (UTC)
Sorry for the delay ... here are some starter comments:
- the lead is not yet a good summary of the article (see WP:LEAD for guidelines)
- possibly useful wikilinks: neurotransmitter release, neuromuscular junction, stinging cell, amino acid sequence, homologous, voltage-gated sodium channel; Glu and Lys should be spelled out
- ”Calitoxin is a highly potent neurotoxin, which can be found in the nematocysts, organelles in stinging cells, of the Calliactis parasitica.” fix grammar
- ”Two genes coding for two highly homologous calitoxins are discovered and analyzed” fix
- missing information: who discovered calitoxin, when, and under what circumstances? The short etymology section could perhaps be merged with this info
- has anyone quantified the amount of calitoxin in Calliactis parasitica?
-
Not that I can find. I found the minimum dose (it is in the article). The extraction method sounds pretty crude, so I doubt that anyone can say exactly how much is in there. —
Gaff
ταλκ 04:00, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
- ”by injecting a 0.1 mL solution with 0.2 µg lyophilized CLX of into the hemocoel.” this is far too much detail for a general encyclopedia
- what is the toxin's isoelectric point?
- are there any disulfide bonds?
- is the compound commonly used in studies of ion channels?
- @ Sasata: The above concerns have been addressed. I've substantially expanded the article, added a table comparing the sequences, and restructured problematic sections. Please let me know what else can be done to bring this to GA status. — Gaff ταλκ 19:27, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
- The corrections and additions look great! I've made some additional copyedits and added more links; feel free to revert if you don't like them. I'm confident that this article now meets the GA criteria, and am happy to promote at his time. Cheers, Sasata ( talk) 19:53, 21 November 2014 (UTC)