Venom Down Under: Dynamic Evolution of Australian Elapid Snake Toxins

Toxinology of Venoms from Five Australian Lesser Known Elapid Snakes

(2014) Kyle Pycroft et al.   BASIC & CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY

Differential Myotoxic and Cytotoxic Activities of Pre-synaptic Neurotoxins from Papuan Taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) and Irian Jayan Death Adder (Acanthophis rugosus) Venoms

(2013) Janeyuth Chaisakul et al.   BASIC & CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY

Integrated “omics” profiling indicates that miRNAs are modulators of the ontogenetic venom composition shift in the Central American rattlesnake, Crotalus simus simus

(2013) Jordi Durban et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of the Proteins Encoded by Coleoid (Cuttlefish, Octopus, and Squid) Posterior Venom Glands

(2013) Tim Ruder et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Dracula's children: Molecular evolution of vampire bat venom

(2013) Dolyce H.W. Low et al.   Journal of Proteomics

Squeezers and Leaf-cutters: Differential Diversification and Degeneration of the Venom System in Toxicoferan Reptiles

(2013) Bryan G. Fry et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

FUBAR: A Fast, Unconstrained Bayesian AppRoximation for Inferring Selection

(2013) B. Murrell et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Phylogeny-Based Comparative Analysis of Venom Proteome Variation in a Clade of Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus sp.)

(2013) H. Lisle Gibbs et al.   PLoS One

Molecular Evolution of Vertebrate Neurotrophins: Co-Option of the Highly Conserved Nerve Growth Factor Gene into the Advanced Snake Venom Arsenalf

(2013) Kartik Sunagar et al.   PLoS One

Atractaspis aterrima Toxins: The First Insight into the Molecular Evolution of Venom in Side-Stabbers

(2013) Yves Terrat et al.   Toxins

Three-Fingered RAVERs: Rapid Accumulation of Variations in Exposed Residues of Snake Venom Toxins

(2013) Kartik Sunagar et al.   Toxins

Azemiopsin fromAzemiops feaeViper Venom, a Novel Polypeptide Ligand of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

(2012) Yuri N. Utkin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structural and Molecular Diversification of the Anguimorpha Lizard Mandibular Venom Gland System in the Arboreal Species Abronia graminea

(2012) Ivan Koludarov et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Differential Evolution and Neofunctionalization of Snake Venom Metalloprotease Domains

(2012) Andreas Brust et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

Evolution of CRISPs Associated with Toxicoferan-Reptilian Venom and Mammalian Reproduction

(2012) K. Sunagar et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Vascular effects and electrolyte homeostasis of the natriuretic peptide isolated from Crotalus oreganus abyssus (North American Grand Canyon rattlesnake) venom

(2012) S.L. Da Silva et al.   PEPTIDES

The structural and functional diversification of the Toxicofera reptile venom system

(2012) Bryan G. Fry et al.   TOXICON

Novel transcripts in the maxillary venom glands of advanced snakes

(2012) Bryan G. Fry et al.   TOXICON

Investigating the chemical profile of regenerated scorpion (Parabuthus transvaalicus) venom in relation to metabolic cost and toxicity

(2012) Zia Nisani et al.   TOXICON

Complex cocktails: the evolutionary novelty of venoms

(2012) Nicholas R. Casewell et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Detecting Individual Sites Subject to Episodic Diversifying Selection

(2012) Ben Murrell et al.   PLoS Genetics

Snake venom: From fieldwork to the clinic

(2011) Freek J. Vonk et al.   BIOESSAYS

Molding the business end of neurotoxins by diversifying evolution

(2011) Adi Kozminsky-Atias et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

An Unusual Family of Glycosylated Peptides Isolated from Dendroaspis angusticeps Venom and Characterized by Combination of Collision Induced and Electron Transfer Dissociation

(2011) Loïc Quinton et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY

A Random Effects Branch-Site Model for Detecting Episodic Diversifying Selection

(2011) Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Clinical effects and treatment of envenoming by Hoplocephalus spp. snakes in Australia: Australian Snakebite Project (ASP-12)

(2011) G.K. Isbister et al.   TOXICON

Bradykinin-potentiating peptides: Beyond captopril

(2011) Antonio C.M. Camargo et al.   TOXICON

Venomics: a new paradigm for natural products-based drug discovery

(2010) Irina Vetter et al.   AMINO ACIDS

Isolation and characterisation of P-EPTX-Ap1a and P-EPTX-Ar1a: Pre-synaptic neurotoxins from the venom of the northern (Acanthophis praelongus) and Irian Jayan (Acanthophis rugosus) death adders

(2010) Janeyuth Chaisakul et al.   BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Characterisation of the heterotrimeric presynaptic phospholipase A2 neurotoxin complex from the venom of the common death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus)

(2010) Benjamin Blacklow et al.   BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Characterisation of a mannose-binding C-type lectin from Oxyuranus scutellatus snake venom

(2010) Stephen T.H. Earl et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Factor deficiencies in venom-induced consumption coagulopathy resulting from Australian elapid envenomation: Australian Snakebite Project (ASP-10)

(2010) G. K. ISBISTER et al.   JOURNAL OF THROMBOSIS AND HAEMOSTASIS

Functional and Structural Diversification of the Anguimorpha Lizard Venom System

(2010) Bryan G. Fry et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0

(2010) Stéphane Guindon et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Presence of presynaptic neurotoxin complexes in the venoms of Australo-Papuan death adders (Acanthophis spp.)

(2010) Benjamin Blacklow et al.   TOXICON

Natriuretic peptide drug leads from snake venom

(2010) S. Vink et al.   TOXICON

Drug development from Australian elapid snake venoms and the Venomics pipeline of candidates for haemostasis: Textilinin-1 (Q8008), Haempatch™ (Q8009) and CoVase™ (V0801)

(2010) Stephen T.H. Earl et al.   TOXICON

The Toxicogenomic Multiverse: Convergent Recruitment of Proteins Into Animal Venoms

(2009) Bryan G. Fry et al.   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Venom factor V from the common brown snake escapes hemostatic regulation through procoagulant adaptations

(2009) M. H. A. Bos et al.   BLOOD

Tentacles of Venom: Toxic Protein Convergence in the Kingdom Animalia

(2009) B. G. Fry et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

Novel Venom Proteins Produced by Differential Domain-Expression Strategies in Beaded Lizards and Gila Monsters (genus Heloderma)

(2009) B. G. Fry et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Evolutionary Fingerprinting of Genes

(2009) S. L. Kosakovsky Pond et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Protein structure prediction on the Web: a case study using the Phyre server

(2009) Lawrence A Kelley et al.   Nature Protocols

A central role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus (Megalania) priscus

(2009) B. G. Fry et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Unusual accelerated rate of deletions and insertions in toxin genes in the venom glands of the pygmy copperhead (Austrelaps labialis) from kangaroo island

(2008) Robin Doley et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Common evolution of waprin and kunitz-like toxin families in Australian venomous snakes

(2008) L. St Pierre et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Molecular phylogeny and divergence dates for Australasian elapids and sea snakes (hydrophiinae): evidence from seven genes for rapid evolutionary radiations

(2008) K. L. SANDERS et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Evolutionary origin and development of snake fangs

(2008) Freek J. Vonk et al.   NATURE

Positively selected sites of scorpion depressant toxins: Possible roles in toxin functional divergence

(2007) Caihuan Tian et al.   TOXICON