Specialized insulin is used for chemical warfare by fish-hunting cone snails [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015 Helena Safavi-Hemami +2 more
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Insights into the origins of fish hunting in venomous cone snails from studies of Conus tessulatus [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015 Julita S Imperial +2 more
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Non-Peptidic Small Molecule Components from Cone Snail Venoms
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Venomous molluscs (Superfamily Conoidea) comprise a substantial fraction of tropical marine biodiversity (>15,000 species). Prior characterization of cone snail venoms established that bioactive venom components used to capture prey, defend against ...
Zhenjian Lin +14 more
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Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the cone snails (Gastropoda, Conoidea) [PDF]
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2014 N Puillandre +2 more
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The mitochondrial genome of the venomous cone snail Conus consors. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Cone snails are venomous predatory marine neogastropods that belong to the species-rich superfamily of the Conoidea. So far, the mitochondrial genomes of two cone snail species (Conus textile and Conus borgesi) have been described, and these feed on ...
Age Brauer +9 more
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Glowing seashells: diversity of fossilized coloration patterns on coral reef-associated cone snail (Gastropoda: Conidae) shells from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The biology of modern Conidae (cone snails)--which includes the hyperdiverse genus Conus--has been intensively studied, but the fossil record of the clade remains poorly understood, particularly within an evolutionary framework.
Jonathan R Hendricks
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Evolution of separate predation- and defence-evoked venoms in carnivorous cone snails [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2014 Sébastien Dutertre +2 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome of Conus lischkeanus Weinkauff, 1875 (Neogastropoda, Conidae) and phylogenetic implications of the evolutionary diversification of dietary types of Conus species [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 The family Conidae, commonly known as cone snails, is one of the most intriguing gastropod groups owing to their diverse array of feeding behaviors (diets) and toxin peptides (conotoxins).
Yucheol Lee, Joong-Ki Park
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Conkazal-M1 from the MKAVA family of conotoxins: A dual-function protease inhibitor and neuroactive peptide. [PDF]
Protein SciAbstract Marine cone snails produce a diverse array of bioactive peptides, known as conotoxins, in their venom. Given their high target potency and specificity, conotoxins are attractive compounds for the development of precision research tools and pharmacological agents.
Hackney CM +12 more
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Venom variation during prey capture by the cone snail, Conus textile. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Observations of the mollusc-hunting cone snail Conus textile during feeding reveal that prey are often stung multiple times in succession. While studies on the venom peptides injected by fish-hunting cone snails have become common, these approaches have ...
Cecilia A Prator +2 more
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