Evolution Stings: The Origin and Diversification of Scorpion Toxin Peptide Scaffolds

Functional evolution of scorpion venom peptides with an inhibitor cystine knot fold

(2013) Bin Gao et al.   BIOSCIENCE REPORTS

Scorpion beta-toxins and voltage-gated sodium channels: interactions and effects 

(2013) Martha Escalona   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

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

Molecular diversity of Chaerilidae venom peptides reveals the dynamic evolution of scorpion venom components from Buthidae to non-Buthidae

(2013) Yawen He et al.   Journal of Proteomics

Dracula's children: Molecular evolution of vampire bat venom

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

FUBAR: A Fast, Unconstrained Bayesian AppRoximation for Inferring Selection

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

As Old as the Hills: Montane Scorpions in Southwestern North America Reveal Ancient Associations between Biotic Diversification and Landscape History

(2013) Robert W. Bryson et al.   PLoS One

Species Delimitation and Morphological Divergence in the Scorpion Centruroides vittatus (Say, 1821): Insights from Phylogeography

(2013) Tsunemi Yamashita 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

Multiple actions of  -LITX-Lw1a on ryanodine receptors reveal a functional link between scorpion DDH and ICK toxins

(2013) J. J. Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Scorpion venom components that affect ion-channels function

(2013) V. Quintero-Hernández et al.   TOXICON

Origin and Functional Diversification of an Amphibian Defense Peptide Arsenal

(2013) Kim Roelants et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

(2013) Kartik Sunagar et al.   Toxins

Hg1, Novel Peptide Inhibitor Specific for Kv1.3 Channels from First Scorpion Kunitz-type Potassium Channel Toxin Family

(2012) Zong-Yun Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

Antimicrobial/cytolytic peptides from the venom of the North African scorpion, Androctonus amoreuxi: Biochemical and functional characterization of natural peptides and a single site-substituted analog

(2012) Ammar Almaaytah et al.   PEPTIDES

StCT2, a new antibacterial peptide characterized from the venom of the scorpion Scorpiops tibetanus

(2012) Luyang Cao et al.   PEPTIDES

Gene cloning and functional characterization of four novel antimicrobial-like peptides from scorpions of the family Vaejovidae

(2012) Santos Ramírez-Carreto et al.   PEPTIDES

Molecular and bioinformatical characterization of a novel superfamily of cysteine-rich peptides from arthropods

(2012) Xian-Chun Zeng et al.   PEPTIDES

MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space

(2012) Fredrik Ronquist et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

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

(2012) Zia Nisani et al.   TOXICON

Spider-venom peptides that target voltage-gated sodium channels: Pharmacological tools and potential therapeutic leads

(2012) Julie K. Klint et al.   TOXICON

Characterization of the venom from the Australian scorpion Urodacus yaschenkoi: Molecular mass analysis of components, cDNA sequences and peptides with antimicrobial activity

(2012) Karen Luna-Ramírez et al.   TOXICON

Detecting Individual Sites Subject to Episodic Diversifying Selection

(2012) Ben Murrell et al.   PLoS Genetics

Ctriporin, a New Anti-Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Peptide from the Venom of the Scorpion Chaerilus tricostatus

(2011) Zheng Fan et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Solution structure of a short-chain insecticidal toxin LaIT1 from the venom of scorpion Liocheles australasiae

(2011) Shoichiro Horita et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

B2G-FAR, a species-centered GO annotation repository

(2011) Stefan Götz et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Molding the business end of neurotoxins by diversifying evolution

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

ImKTx1, a new Kv1.3 channel blocker with a unique primary structure

(2011) Zongyun Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR TOXICOLOGY

Domain Loss Facilitates Accelerated Evolution and Neofunctionalization of Duplicate Snake Venom Metalloproteinase Toxin Genes

(2011) N. R. Casewell et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

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

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

Characterization of BmKbpp, a multifunctional peptide from the Chinese scorpion Mesobuthus martensii Karsch: Gaining insight into a new mechanism for the functional diversification of scorpion venom peptides

(2011) Xian-Chun Zeng et al.   PEPTIDES

Unique scorpion toxin with a putative ancestral fold provides insight into evolution of the inhibitor cystine knot motif

(2011) J. J. Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular diversity of the telson and venom components from Pandinus cavimanus (Scorpionidae Latreille 1802): Transcriptome, venomics and function

(2011) Elia Diego-García et al.   PROTEOMICS

A Novel Amphipathic Linear Peptide with Both Insect Toxicity and Antimicrobial Activity from the Venom of the ScorpionIsometrus maculatus

(2010) Masahiro MIYASHITA et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Comparative venom gland transcriptome analysis of the scorpion Lychas mucronatus reveals intraspecific toxic gene diversity and new venomous components

(2010) Zhao Ruiming et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Evolution of Conus Peptide Genes: Duplication and Positive Selection in the A-Superfamily

(2010) Nicolas Puillandre et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

A new natural α-helical peptide from the venom of the scorpion Heterometrus petersii kills HCV

(2010) Ran Yan et al.   PEPTIDES

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

(2010) Stéphane Guindon et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence analysis of genes from a cDNA library of the scorpion Tityus discrepans

(2009) Gina D'Suze et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Characterization of hadrucalcin, a peptide from Hadrurus gertschi scorpion venom with pharmacological activity on ryanodine receptors

(2009) Elisabeth F Schwartz et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Calibrating the chelicerate clock: a paleontological reply to Jeyaprakash and Hoy

(2009) Jason A. Dunlop et al.   EXPERIMENTAL AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY

Acquired Resistance to Saliva Anticoagulants by Prey Previously Fed upon by Vampire Bats (Desmodus rotundus): Evidence for Immune Response

(2009) Horacio A. Delpietro et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Positions under Positive Selection--Key for Selectivity and Potency of Scorpion  -Toxins

(2009) H. Weinberger et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND 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

Ecological Release and Venom Evolution of a Predatory Marine Snail at Easter Island

(2009) Thomas F. Duda et al.   PLoS One

Coevolution of diet and prey-specific venom activity supports the role of selection in snake venom evolution

(2009) A. Barlow et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Cloning and characterization of cDNA sequences encoding for new venom peptides of the Brazilian scorpion Opisthacanthus cayaporum

(2009) Édelyn C.N. Silva et al.   TOXICON

Mining on scorpion venom biodiversity

(2009) Ricardo C. Rodríguez de la Vega et al.   TOXICON

Mucroporin, the First Cationic Host Defense Peptide from the Venom of Lychas mucronatus

(2008) C. Dai et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Rem Inhibits Skeletal Muscle EC Coupling by Reducing the Number of Functional L-Type Ca2+ Channels

(2008) R.A. Bannister et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

High-throughput functional annotation and data mining with the Blast2GO suite

(2008) S. Gotz et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

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

(2007) Caihuan Tian et al.   TOXICON