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BMC Genomics, 2017 Background Spiders are predaceous arthropods that are capable of subduing and consuming relatively large prey items compared to their own body size. For this purpose, spiders have evolved potent venoms to immobilise prey and digestive fluids that break ...
André Walter +6 more
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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,
Ondřej Michálek +5 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The Dasyurid species Sarcophilus harrisii, Dasyurus maculatus, and Dasyurus viverrinus, occupying diverse ecological niches and forming a guild structure in Tasmania, provide a basis for examining the roles of various forelimb muscle groups in prey capture and locomotion.
Riya G. Bidaye +4 more
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The Aromatic Head Group of Spider Toxin Polyamines Influences Toxicity to Cancer Cells
Toxins, 2017 Spider venoms constitute incredibly diverse libraries of compounds, many of which are involved in prey capture and defence. Polyamines are often prevalent in the venom and target ionotropic glutamate receptors. Here we show that a novel spider polyamine,
David Wilson +10 more
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SVM-based prediction of propeptide cleavage sites in spider toxins identifies toxin innovation in an Australian tarantula. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Spider neurotoxins are commonly used as pharmacological tools and are a popular source of novel compounds with therapeutic and agrochemical potential.
Emily S W Wong +4 more
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A neuro‐behavioural model of neophobia
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Fear can be defined as the internal neurological state that releases a repertoire of behaviours an animal performs to reduce the effect of an aversive factor. Neophobia, the fear of novelty, is a fundamental behavioural trait observed across a wide range of species from arthropods to humans.
Arik Dorfman, Aziz Subach, Inon Scharf
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Spider neurotoxins targeting voltage-gated sodium channels [PDF]
, 2005 The voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channel is a target for a number of drugs, insecticides, and neurotoxins. These bind to at least seven identified neurotoxin binding sites and either block conductance or modulate sodium channel gating and/or kinetics.
Little, MJ, Nicholson, GM
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Toxins, 2020 Envenomation by Loxosceles spiders (Sicariidae family) has been thoroughly documented. However, little is known about the potential toxicity of members from the Sicarius genus.
Tomás Arán-Sekul +7 more
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From Ambiguous Queries to Verifiable Insights: A Task‐Driven Framework for LLM‐Powered SOC Analysis⋆
CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Security operations centre (SOC) analysts must investigate alerts, correlate threat intelligence and interpret heterogeneous telemetry under tight timing constraints. Although large language models (LLMs) offer strong understanding capabilities, directly applying them to SOC environments remains challenging due to semantic ambiguity in analyst
Huan Zhang +5 more
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The envenomation of general physiology throughout the last century. [PDF]
, 2017 Toxins are the poisonous products of organisms. Toxins serve vital defensive and offensive functions for those that harbor them: stinging scorpions, pesticidal plants, sanguinary snakes, fearless frogs, sliming snails, noxious newts, and smarting spiders.
Sack, Jon T
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