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The Exotic Gastropod Clea helena (von dem Busch, 1847) as a Predator of Freshwater Gastropods: A Threat to Native Biota in India?

  • Pranesh Paul,
  • Koushik Paul,
  • Rupsha Karmakar,
  • Arnab Shee,
  • Debaditya Kumar and
  • Gautam Aditya
Limnol. Rev.2021, 21(1), 55-62;https://doi.org/10.2478/limre-2021-0005

3 July 2021

The carnivorous snail Clea (Anentome) helena (von dem Busch, 1847) (Gastropoda: Nassariidae), commonly called as the “assassin snail” is sold worldwide including India for aesthetics and the ability to kill pest snails in aquaria. Assuming invasion a...

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Hexapod Assassins’ Potion: Venom Composition and Bioactivity from the Eurasian Assassin Bug Rhynocoris iracundus

  • Nicolai Rügen,
  • Timothy P. Jenkins,
  • Natalie Wielsch,
  • Heiko Vogel,
  • Benjamin-Florian Hempel,
  • Roderich D. Süssmuth,
  • Stuart Ainsworth,
  • Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz,
  • Andreas Vilcinskas and
  • Miray Tonk
Biomedicines2021, 9(7), 819;https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9070819

14 July 2021

Assassin bug venoms are potent and exert diverse biological functions, making them potential biomedical goldmines. Besides feeding functions on arthropods, assassin bugs also use their venom for defense purposes causing localized and systemic reactio...

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Venom Peptides as a Rich Source of Cav2.2 Channel Blockers

  • Silmara R. Sousa,
  • Irina Vetter and
  • Richard J. Lewis
Toxins2013, 5(2), 286-314;https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins5020286

4 February 2013

Cav2.2 is a calcium channel subtype localized at nerve terminals, including nociceptive fibers, where it initiates neurotransmitter release. Cav2.2 is an important contributor to synaptic transmission in ascending pain pathways, and is up-regulated i...

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A Dipteran’s Novel Sucker Punch: Evolution of Arthropod Atypical Venom with a Neurotoxic Component in Robber Flies (Asilidae, Diptera)

  • Stephan Holger Drukewitz,
  • Nico Fuhrmann,
  • Eivind A. B. Undheim,
  • Alexander Blanke,
  • Julien Giribaldi,
  • Rosanna Mary,
  • Guillaume Laconde,
  • Sébastien Dutertre and
  • Björn Marcus Von Reumont
Toxins2018, 10(1), 29;https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins10010029

5 January 2018

Predatory robber flies (Diptera, Asilidae) have been suspected to be venomous due to their ability to overpower well-defended prey. However, details of their venom composition and toxin arsenal remained unknown. Here, we provide a detailed characteri...

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