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Advanced ScienceThe δ‐conotoxins, a class of peptides produced in the venom of cone snails, are of interest due to their ability to inhibit the inactivation of voltage‐gated sodium channels causing paralysis and other neurological responses, but difficulties in their ...
Stephen McCarthy, Shane Gonen
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Aging Cell, Volume 25, Issue 2, February 2026.Blue light causes retinal injury by inducing excessive mitochondrial fission and epithelial‐mesenchymal transition in retinal pigment epithelial cells. Therapeutic targeting of Drp1 rescues this damage, restoring mitochondrial homeostasis and retinal integrity.
Zhi‐Yuan Li +5 more
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Cone snail genome sheds light on venom evolution
, 2021 <strong> This week in <em> GigaScience </em> we published the genome of the mediterranean cone snail, <em> Lautoconus ventricosus </em> . Cone snails produce a wide variety of powerful toxins and the new chromosome-scale genome assembly opens the door for detailed investigations of their diversity and evolution.
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Morphotypes of cone snails (Conus mustelinus), Conidae: a phenetic analysis [PDF]
Computational Ecology and Software, 2018 This study describes phenotypic differentiation of Conus mustelinus, a gastropod species belonging to Family Conidae through phenetic analysis. There exist a number of morphotypes for this species.
S. R. M. Tabugo +2 more
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Toxinology of Marine Venomous Snails
Iranian South Medical Journal, 2021 A surprisingly large number of sea snail species are venomous. Cone snail venoms are produced in a lengthy tubular duct from a complex venom gland and form a cocktail of many toxins, particularly conotoxins which have high potency and specificity for ...
Gholam Hossein Mohebbi, Iraj Nabipour
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Discovery Methodology of Novel Conotoxins from Conus Species
Marine Drugs, 2018 Cone snail venoms provide an ideal resource for neuropharmacological tools and drug candidates discovery, which have become a research hotspot in neuroscience and new drug development. More than 1,000,000 natural peptides are produced by cone snails, but
Ying Fu +5 more
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Radular ultrastructure of South American Ampullariidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) [PDF]
, 2007 The radula of five species of South American Ampullariidae was analysed by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with the purpose of enlarging new studies on the systematic of this family.
Martin, Stella Maris +1 more
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, 2014 Neurotoxicity refers to the direct or indirect effect of chemicals that disrupt the nervous system of humans or animals. Numerous chemicals can produce neurotoxic diseases in humans, and many more are used as experimental tools to disturb or damage the ...
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The cone snails of Cape Verde: Marine endemism at a terrestrial scale
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2016 Cape Verde in the Eastern Atlantic is typical of many island groups in supporting a wealth of endemic species both terrestrial and marine. Marine gastropod molluscs of the genus Conus, commonly known as cone snails, occur in coastal tropical waters ...
Howard Peters +3 more
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Friends or Foes? Emerging Impacts of Biological Toxins [PDF]
, 2019 Toxins are substances produced from biological sources (e.g., animal, plants, microorganisms) that have deleterious effects on a living organism. Despite the obvious health concerns of being exposed to toxins, they are having substantial positive impacts
Casewell, N.R. +6 more
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