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Small Molecules in the Cone Snail Arsenal [PDF]
Organic Letters, 2015 Cone snails are renowned for producing peptide-based venom, containing conopeptides and conotoxins, to capture their prey. A novel small-molecule guanine derivative with unprecedented features, genuanine, was isolated from the venom of two cone snail species.
Jorge L B, Neves +6 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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Cone snail species off the Brazilian coast and their venoms: a review and update
Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2023 The genus Conus includes over 900 species of marine invertebrates known as cone snails, whose venoms are among the most powerful described so far.
Helena B. Fiorotti +3 more
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Hormone-like peptides in the venoms of marine cone snails. [PDF]
Gen Comp Endocrinol, 2017 The venoms of cone snails (genus Conus) are remarkably complex, consisting of hundreds of typically short, disulfide-rich peptides termed conotoxins. These peptides have diverse pharmacological targets, with injection of venom eliciting a range of physiological responses, including sedation, paralysis and sensory overload.
Robinson SD +8 more
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Nature Communications, 2023 Marine cone snails have attracted researchers from all disciplines but early life stages have received limited attention due to difficulties accessing or rearing juvenile specimens.
Aymeric Rogalski +2 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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Microhabitats within venomous cone snails contain diverse actinobacteria. [PDF]
Appl Environ Microbiol, 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.
Peraud O +6 more
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A toxin-based approach to neuropeptide and peptide hormone discovery
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2023 Peptide hormones and neuropeptides form a diverse class of bioactive secreted molecules that control essential processes in animals. Despite breakthroughs in peptide discovery, many signaling peptides remain undiscovered.
Thomas Lund Koch +10 more
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A novel α-conotoxin, PeIA, cloned from Conus pergrandis, discriminates between Rat α9α10 and α7 nicotinic cholinergic receptors [PDF]
, 2005 The α9 and α10 nicotinic cholinergic subunits assemble to form the receptor believed to mediate synaptic transmission between efferent olivocochlear fibers and hair cells of the cochlea, one of the few examples of postsynaptic function for a non-muscle ...
Arredondo +59 more
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From venom peptides to a potential diabetes treatment
eLife, 2019 Cone snails have evolved a variety of insulin-like molecules that may help with the development of better treatments for diabetes.
Jiří Jiráček, Lenka Žáková
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