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Egg Case Protein 3: A Constituent of Black Widow Spider Tubuliform Silk
Molecules, 2021 Spider silk has outstanding mechanical properties, rivaling some of the best materials on the planet. Biochemical analyses of tubuliform silk have led to the identification of TuSp1, egg case protein 1, and egg case protein 2.
Mikayla Shanafelt +7 more
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Toxins, 2015 The eggs of black widow spider (L. tredecimguttatus) have been demonstrated to be rich in toxic proteinaceous components. The study on such active components is of theoretical and practical importance. In the present work, using a combination of multiple
Qian Lei +6 more
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Case Report: Black Widow Spider Bites in a Pregnant Woman [PDF]
Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān, 2020 Introduction: The black widow spider is known in the Mediterranean region as L.tredecimguttatus species that in Khorasan is known with its local name as “Dalmak”. The venom of this spider contains excitatory neurotoxins called alpha-latroteins.
Ali Teimouri +4 more
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Venomous spiders of Albania –does an increase of temperature influence the toxicity of spider venom?
Toxicon: X, 2022 Black widow spiders (Latrodectus sp.) are distributed worldwide, and in Albania the L. tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790 has been the dominant spider. Other medically important spiders in Albania include the brown recluse with symptoms known as loxoscelism ...
Vrenozi, Blerina
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Mathematics, 2023 The progress of technology involves the continuous improvement of current machines to attain higher levels of energy efficiency, operational dependability, and effectiveness.
Saddam Aziz +2 more
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An Improved Black Widow Optimization Algorithm for Engineering Constrained Optimization Problems
IEEE Access, 2023 In solving engineering constrained optimization problems, the conventional black widow optimization algorithm (BWOA) has some shortcomings such as insufficient robustness and slow convergence speed.
Dongxing Xu, Jianchuan Yin
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Southern black widow Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius) (Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae)
EDIS, 2013 The Southern black widow spider, Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius), is a venomous spider found throughout the southeastern United States. Widow spiders received their name from the belief that they would kill and consume their mate following copulation ...
Amanda Eiden, Phillip E. Kaufman
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Origin, structure and functional transition of sex pheromone components in a false widow spider
Communications Biology, 2022 New chemical components to female spider pheromones are identified in the false black widow spider, Steatoda grossa.
Andreas Fischer +9 more
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Binary Black Widow Optimization Approach for Feature Selection
IEEE Access, 2022 Feature selection is a process of reduction of irrelevant, negligible, noisy features from data sets so as to obtain better performance measurements with fewer features.
Mumine Kaya Keles, Umit Kilic
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Molecular architecture of black widow spider neurotoxins
Nature Communications, 2021 The venom of Latrodectus spiders contains seven Latrotoxins (LaTXs), among them α-latrocrustatoxin (LCT) and δ- latroinsectotoxins δ-LIT. LaTXs bind to specific receptors on the surface of neuronal cells and target the molecular exocytosis machinery ...
Minghao Chen +5 more
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