LCTX-F2, a Novel Potentiator of Coagulation Factors From the Spider Venom of Lycosa singoriensis. [PDF]
Front Pharmacol, 2020 Spider venoms contain many functional proteins/peptides such as proteinases, serine/cysteine proteinase inhibitors, insecticidal toxins, and ion channel toxins.
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Tetracycline Reduces Kidney Damage Induced by Loxosceles Spider Venom [PDF]
Toxins, 2017 Envenomation by Loxosceles spider can result in two clinical manifestations: cutaneous and systemic loxoscelism, the latter of which includes renal failure.
Cinthya Kimori Okamoto +4 more
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Prospects and challenges of recombinant spider venom enzymes: insights from Loxosceles and Phoneutria venom protease expressions [PDF]
Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologySpiders use chemically complex venoms to overpower prey. Such venoms are primarily composed of neurotoxic disulfide-rich peptides, linear peptides, and enzymes.
Josephine Dresler +11 more
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Toxins, 2019 This review gives an overview on the development of research on spider venoms with a focus on structure and function of venom components and techniques of analysis.
Nicolas Langenegger +2 more
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Composition and toxicity of venom produced by araneophagous white-tailed spiders (Lamponidae: Lampona sp.) [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Prey-specialised spiders are adapted to capture specific prey items, including dangerous prey. The venoms of specialists are often prey-specific and less complex than those of generalists, but their venom composition has not been studied in detail. Here,
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Transcriptomic Analysis of the Spider Venom Gland Reveals Venom Diversity and Species Consanguinity
Toxins, 2019 Selenocosmia jiafu (S. jiafu) has been recently identified as a new species of spider in China. It lives in the same habitat as various other venomous spiders, including Chilobrachys jingzhao (C. jingzhao), Selenocosmia huwena (S. huwena), and Macrothele
Zhaotun Hu +4 more
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Linear Peptides—A Combinatorial Innovation in the Venom of Some Modern Spiders
Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 In the venom of spiders, linear peptides (LPs), also called cytolytical or antimicrobial peptides, represent a largely neglected group of mostly membrane active substances that contribute in some spider species considerably to the killing power of spider
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2019 Spider venom-derived cysteine knot peptides are a mega-diverse class of molecules that exhibit unique pharmacological properties to modulate key membrane protein targets.
Fernanda C. Cardoso, Richard J. Lewis
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Loxosceles gaucho Spider Venom: An Untapped Source of Antimicrobial Agents [PDF]
Toxins, 2018 The remarkable ability of microorganisms to develop resistance to conventional antibiotics is one of the biggest challenges that the pharmaceutical industry currently faces.
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Enhancing the oral and topical insecticidal efficacy of a commercialized spider venom peptide biopesticide via fusion to the carrier snowdrop lectin (Galanthus nivalis agglutinin). [PDF]
Pest Manag Sci, 2023 Sukiran NA +5 more
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