Diversity and Novelty of Venom Peptides in Vermivorous Cone Snails, Subgenus <i>Rhizoconus</i> (Gastropoda: Mollusca). [PDF]
Mar DrugsFlorece CMC +3 more
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Geographic Variation in Diet and Genetic Connectivity of Populations of the Widespread Predatory Cone Snail <i>Conus miliaris</i>. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWe examined patterns of dietary and genetic variation of a broadly distributed, Indo‐West Pacific cone snail at four sites in French Polynesia and compared them to populations at Guam, American Samoa, and Rapa Nui. Our results indicate that populations at French Polynesia possess broad and overlapping diets that are most similar to those of Rapa Nui ...
Duda TF, Vergara-Flórez DC.
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Biomedicines, 2021 Despite their impressive diversity and already broad therapeutic applications, cone snail venoms have received less attention as a natural source in the investigation of antimicrobial peptides than other venomous animals such as scorpions, spiders, or ...
Anicet Ebou +4 more
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Venomics Reveals a Non-Compartmentalised Venom Gland in the Early Diverged Vermivorous Conus distans
Toxins, 2022 The defensive use of cone snail venom is hypothesised to have first arisen in ancestral worm-hunting snails and later repurposed in a compartmentalised venom duct to facilitate the dietary shift to molluscivory and piscivory.
Jutty Rajan Prashanth +3 more
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A Conceptual Review of Naturally Occurring Toxins and Venoms as Peptide Blockers to Combat Chronic Low Back Pain. [PDF]
JOR SpineThis review explores the therapeutic potential of naturally occurring venom‐derived peptides, particularly from reptiles and insects, as novel calcium channel blockers for managing chronic low back pain caused by intervertebral disc degeneration.
Melrose J +4 more
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Microhabitats within Venomous Cone Snails Contain Diverse Actinobacteria [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2009 ABSTRACT Actinomycetes can be symbionts in diverse organisms, including both plants and animals. Some actinomycetes benefit their host by producing small molecule secondary metabolites; the resulting symbioses are often developmentally complex. Actinomycetes associated with three cone snails were studied.
Olivier, Peraud +6 more
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The M-Superfamily of Conotoxins: A Review [PDF]
, 2010 Throughout the world there exist both predator and prey. This distinction is apparent though sometimes misleading. Take for example marine snails of the genus Conus that are present across the oceans of the southern hemisphere [1].
Jacob, Reed B., McDougal, Owen M.
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Venomous secretions from marine snails of the Terebridae family target acetylcholine receptors [PDF]
, 2013 Venoms from cone snails (Conidae) have been extensively studied during the last decades, but those from other members of the suborder Toxoglossa, such as of Terebridae and Turridae superfamilies attracted less interest so far. Here, we report the effects
Kauferstein, Silke +8 more
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Marine Drugs, 2012 Cone snail venoms are considered an untapped reservoir of extremely diverse peptides, named conopeptides, displaying a wide array of pharmacological activities.
Philippe Favreau +10 more
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Developmental modularity and phenotypic novelty within a biphasic life cycle: morphogenesis of a cone snail venom gland. [PDF]
Proc Biol Sci, 2012 Page LR.
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