Venom Insulins of Cone Snails Diversify Rapidly and Track Prey Taxa
A specialized insulin was recently found in the venom of a fish-hunting cone snail, Conus geographus. Here we show that many worm-hunting and snail-hunting cones also express venom insulins, and that this novel gene family has diversified explosively. Cone snails express a highly conserved insulin i...
Main Authors: | Safavi-Hemami, Helena, Lu, Aiping, Li, Qing, Fedosov, Alexander E., Biggs, Jason, Showers Corneli, Patrice, Seger, Jon, Yandell, Mark, Olivera, Baldomero M. |
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2016
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5062327/ |
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