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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Molecular Phylogeny, Classification and Evolution of Conopeptides [PDF]
, 2018 Conopeptides are toxins expressed in the venom duct of cone snails (Conoidea, Conus). These are mostly well-structured peptides and mini-proteins with high potency and selectivity for a broad range of cellular targets.
Favreau, P. +4 more
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Effects of density experience on mate guarding behavior by adult male Kanzawa spider mites [PDF]
, 2008 In the Kanzawa spider mite, Tetranychus kanzawai (Acari: Tetranychidae), adult males guard pre-reproductive quiescent females. I experimentally examined the effects of density experience during development and/or after adult emergence on precopulatory ...
Oku, K.
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The behavioral responses of the fiddler crab, UCA PUGILATOR, to ionizing irradiation [PDF]
, 1964 Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University. Note: Page 24 is missing.Many animals, invertebrates as well as vertebrates, have demonstrated an ability to somehow sense ionizing irradiation.
Terwilliger, Robert Chapman
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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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The emerging field of venom-microbiomics for exploring venom as a microenvironment, and the corresponding Initiative for Venom Associated Microbes and Parasites (iVAMP) [PDF]
, 2019 Venom is a known source of novel antimicrobial natural products. The substantial, increasing number of these discoveries have unintentionally culminated in the misconception that venom and venom-producing glands are largely sterile environments.
Adams, Rachelle M.M. +13 more
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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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Identification of sodium channel toxins from marine cone snails of the subgenera Textilia and Afonsoconus. [PDF]
Cell Mol Life Sci, 2023 McMahon KL +13 more
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Marine Drugs, 2013 Conotoxins are small peptides present in the venom of cone snails. The snail uses this venom to paralyze and capture prey. The constituent conopeptides display a high level of chemical diversity and are of particular interest for scientists as tools ...
Rolf Boelens +4 more
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