Are Fireworms Venomous? Evidence for the Convergent Evolution of Toxin Homologs in Three Species of Fireworms (Annelida, Amphinomidae)

Getting to the root of fireworms' stinging chaetae-chaetal arrangement and ultrastructure of Eurythoe complanata (Pallas, 1766) (Amphinomida)

(2017) Ekin Tilic et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Tough, armed and omnivorous: Hermodice carunculata (Annelida: Amphinomidae) is prepared for ecological challenges

(2017) Anja Schulze et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

Melt With This Kiss: Paralyzing and Liquefying Venom of The Assassin BugPristhesancus plagipennis(Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

(2017) Andrew A. Walker et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

Discovery of peptide ligands through docking and virtual screening at nicotinic acetylcholine receptor homology models

(2017) Abba E. Leffler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Multiomics analysis of the giant triton snail salivary gland, a crown-of-thorns starfish predator

(2017) U. Bose et al.   Scientific Reports

Venomics of Remipede Crustaceans Reveals Novel Peptide Diversity and Illuminates the Venom’s Biological Role

(2017) Björn von Reumont et al.   Toxins

Protease Inhibitors in Tick Saliva: The Role of Serpins and Cystatins in Tick-host-Pathogen Interaction

(2017) Jindřich Chmelař et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Characterization of a novel snake venom component: Kazal-type inhibitor-like protein from the arboreal pitviper Bothriechis schlegelii

(2016) Julián Fernández et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Dietary breadth is positively correlated with venom complexity in cone snails

(2016) Mark A. Phuong et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The Transcriptome of the ZoanthidProtopalythoa variabilis(Cnidaria, Anthozoa) Predicts a Basal Repertoire of Toxin-like and Venom-Auxiliary Polypeptides

(2016) Chen Huang et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Intragenome Diversity of Gene Families Encoding Toxin-like Proteins in Venomous Animals

(2016) Ricardo C. Rodríguez de la Vega et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

A Venom Serpin Splicing Isoform of the Endoparasitoid WaspPteromalus puparumSuppresses Host Prophenoloxidase Cascade by Forming Complexes with Host Hemolymph Proteinases

(2016) Zhichao Yan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Comparative Transcriptomic Analyses of Three Species ofPlacobdella(Rhynchobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) Confirms a Single Origin of Blood Feeding in Leeches

(2016) Mark E. Siddall et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Current status of annelid phylogeny

(2016) Anne Weigert et al.   ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION

When predator becomes prey: investigating the salivary transcriptome of the shark-feeding leechPontobdella macrothela(Hirudinea: Piscicolidae)

(2016) Sebastian Kvist et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Colubrid Venom Composition: An -Omics Perspective

(2016) Inácio Junqueira-de-Azevedo et al.   Toxins

Heated Debates: Hot-Water Immersion or Ice Packs as First Aid for Cnidarian Envenomations?

(2016) Christie Wilcox et al.   Toxins

Tentacle Transcriptome and Venom Proteome of the Pacific Sea Nettle, Chrysaora fuscescens (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa)

(2016) Dalia Ponce et al.   Toxins

From Mollusks to Medicine: A Venomics Approach for the Discovery and Characterization of Therapeutics from Terebridae Peptide Toxins

(2016) Aida Verdes et al.   Toxins

The venomous cocktail of the vampire snail Colubraria reticulata (Mollusca, Gastropoda)

(2015) Maria Vittoria Modica et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Transcriptome and venom proteome of the box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri

(2015) Diane L Brinkman et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Latarcins: versatile spider venom peptides

(2015) Peter V. Dubovskii et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Bristle worms attack: benthic jellyfish are not trophic dead ends

(2015) Elizabeth W Stoner et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Comparison of the Venom Peptides and Their Expression in Closely RelatedConusSpecies: Insights into Adaptive Post-speciation Evolution ofConusExogenomes

(2015) Neda Barghi et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Molecular Diversity and Gene Evolution of the Venom Arsenal of Terebridae Predatory Marine Snails

(2015) Juliette Gorson et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Articulating “Archiannelids”: Phylogenomics and Annelid Relationships, with Emphasis on Meiofaunal Taxa

(2015) Sónia C.S. Andrade et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

OrthoVenn: a web server for genome wide comparison and annotation of orthologous clusters across multiple species

(2015) Yi Wang et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

HMMER web server: 2015 update

(2015) Robert D. Finn et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Weaponization of a Hormone: Convergent Recruitment of Hyperglycemic Hormone into the Venom of Arthropod Predators

(2015) Eivind A.B. Undheim et al.   STRUCTURE

A new Kunitz-type plasmin inhibitor from scorpion venom

(2015) Li Ding et al.   TOXICON

Transcripts involved in hemostasis: Exploring salivary complexes from Haementeria vizottoi leeches through transcriptomics, phylogenetic studies and structural features

(2015) Adriane Michele Xavier Prado Amorim et al.   TOXICON

Revamping Amphinomidae (Annelida: Amphinomida), with the inclusion ofNotopygos

(2015) Elizabeth Borda et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Molecular Cloning and Functional Studies of Two Kazal-Type Serine Protease Inhibitors Specifically Expressed by Nasonia vitripennis Venom Apparatus

(2015) Cen Qian et al.   Toxins

A Kazal-Type Serine Protease Inhibitor from the Defense Gland Secretion of the Subterranean Termite Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki

(2015) Horia Negulescu et al.   PLoS One

Global Transcriptome Analysis of the Tentacle of the Jellyfish Cyanea capillata Using Deep Sequencing and Expressed Sequence Tags: Insight into the Toxin- and Degenerative Disease-Related Transcripts

(2015) Guoyan Liu et al.   PLoS One

Trimmomatic: a flexible trimmer for Illumina sequence data

(2014) Anthony M. Bolger et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

RAxML version 8: a tool for phylogenetic analysis and post-analysis of large phylogenies

(2014) Alexandros Stamatakis   BIOINFORMATICS

Nemertean Toxin Genes Revealed through Transcriptome Sequencing

(2014) Nathan V. Whelan et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

A Polychaete’s Powerful Punch: Venom Gland Transcriptomics of Glycera Reveals a Complex Cocktail of Toxin Homologs

(2014) Björn M. von Reumont et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Intraspecific venom variation in the medically significant Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri): Biodiscovery, clinical and evolutionary implications

(2014) Kartik Sunagar et al.   Journal of Proteomics

Kazal-type serine proteinase inhibitors in the midgut of Phlebotomus papatasi

(2014) Leah Theresa Sigle et al.   MEMORIAS DO INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ

Illuminating the Base of the Annelid Tree Using Transcriptomics

(2014) Anne Weigert et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A bioinformatics survey for conotoxin-like sequences in three turrid snail venom duct transcriptomes

(2014) David Thomas T. Gonzales et al.   TOXICON

Quo Vadis Venomics? A Roadmap to Neglected Venomous Invertebrates

(2014) Bjoern von Reumont et al.   Toxins

Insights into function and evolution of parasitoid wasp venoms

(2014) Marylène Poirié et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Proteome and phosphoproteome analysis of honeybee (Apis mellifera) venom collected from electrical stimulation and manual extraction of the venom gland

(2013) Rongli Li et al.   BMC GENOMICS

A deep insight into the sialotranscriptome of the mosquito, Psorophora albipes

(2013) Andrezza C Chagas et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Extensive inter- and intraspecific venom variation in closely related parasites targeting the same host: The case of Leptopilina parasitoids of Drosophila

(2013) Dominique Colinet et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Aquatic dermatology: encounters with the denizens of the deep (and not so deep) a review. Part I: the invertebrates

(2013) Patrick Ottuso   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Pyrosequencing the salivary transcriptome ofHaemadipsa interrupta(Annelida: Clitellata: Haemadipsidae): anticoagulant diversity and insight into the evolution of anticoagulation capabilities in leeches

(2013) Sebastian Kvist et al.   INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

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

The “Vampirome”: Transcriptome and proteome analysis of the principal and accessory submaxillary glands of the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus, a vector of human rabies

(2013) Ivo M.B. Francischetti et al.   Journal of Proteomics

Dracula's children: Molecular evolution of vampire bat venom

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

The First Venomous Crustacean Revealed by Transcriptomics and Functional Morphology: Remipede Venom Glands Express a Unique Toxin Cocktail Dominated by Enzymes and a Neurotoxin

(2013) Björn M. von Reumont et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

MAFFT Multiple Sequence Alignment Software Version 7: Improvements in Performance and Usability

(2013) K. Katoh et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The curious case ofHermodice carunculata(Annelida: Amphinomidae): evidence for genetic homogeneity throughout the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent basins

(2013) Joseph B. Ahrens et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

De novo transcript sequence reconstruction from RNA-seq using the Trinity platform for reference generation and analysis

(2013) Brian J Haas et al.   Nature Protocols

A Spider-Derived Kunitz-Type Serine Protease Inhibitor That Acts as a Plasmin Inhibitor and an Elastase Inhibitor

(2013) Hu Wan et al.   PLoS One

The king cobra genome reveals dynamic gene evolution and adaptation in the snake venom system

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

Antimicrobial activity of a honeybee (Apis cerana) venom Kazal-type serine protease inhibitor

(2013) Bo Yeon Kim et al.   TOXICON

Cloning and molecular characterization of BumaMPs1, a novel metalloproteinases from the venom of scorpion Buthus martensi Karsch

(2013) Xichao Xia et al.   TOXICON

Diversity and selective pressures of anticoagulants in three medicinal leeches (Hirudinida: Hirudinidae, Macrobdellidae)

(2013) Sebastian Kvist et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Biochemical characterization and comparative analysis of two distinct serine proteases from Bothrops pirajai snake venom

(2012) Danilo Luccas Menaldo et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

(2012) M. Kearse et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

The venom-gland transcriptome of the eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus)

(2012) Darin R Rokyta et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Sequestered defensive toxins in tetrapod vertebrates: principles, patterns, and prospects for future studies

(2012) Alan H. Savitzky et al.   CHEMOECOLOGY

Purification and Characterization of Gigantoxin-4, a New Actinoporin from the Sea Anemone Stichodactyla Gigantea

(2012) Bo Hu et al.   International Journal of Biological Sciences

A Venom-derived Neurotoxin, CsTx-1, from the SpiderCupiennius saleiExhibits Cytolytic Activities

(2012) Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Venomic and Transcriptomic Analysis of Centipede Scolopendra subspinipes dehaani

(2012) Zi-Chao Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Analysis of Soluble Protein Contents from the Nematocysts of a Model Sea Anemone Sheds Light on Venom Evolution

(2012) Yehu Moran et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Proteomics and Deep Sequencing Comparison of Seasonally Active Venom Glands in the Platypus Reveals Novel Venom Peptides and Distinct Expression Profiles

(2012) Emily S. W. Wong et al.   MOLECULAR & CELLULAR PROTEOMICS

Antifibrinolytic Role of a Bee Venom Serine Protease Inhibitor That Acts as a Plasmin Inhibitor

(2012) Young Moo Choo et al.   PLoS One

Simukunin from the Salivary Glands of the Black Fly Simulium vittatum Inhibits Enzymes That Regulate Clotting and Inflammatory Responses

(2012) Hitoshi Tsujimoto et al.   PLoS One

The UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Tox-Prot program: A central hub of integrated venom protein data

(2012) Florence Jungo et al.   TOXICON

Complex cocktails: the evolutionary novelty of venoms

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

Expression and functional characterization of boophilin, a thrombin inhibitor from Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus midgut

(2012) Tatiane Sanches Soares et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Towards a revised Amphinomidae (Annelida, Amphinomida): description and affinities of a new genus and species from the Nile Deep-sea Fan, Mediterranean Sea

(2012) Elizabeth Borda et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

The role of cystatins in tick physiology and blood feeding

(2012) Alexandra Schwarz et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Structural and biological characterization of Nattectin, a new C-type lectin from the venomous fish Thalassophryne nattereri

(2011) Mônica Lopes-Ferreira et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Functional peptidomics of amphibian skin secretion: A novel Kunitz-type chymotrypsin inhibitor from the African hyperoliid frog, Kassina senegalensis

(2011) Hui Wang et al.   BIOCHIMIE

ProtTest 3: fast selection of best-fit models of protein evolution

(2011) Diego Darriba et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Proteomic Analysis of Skin Defensive Factors of Tree FrogHyla simplex

(2011) Jing Wu et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Full-length transcriptome assembly from RNA-Seq data without a reference genome

(2011) Manfred G Grabherr et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

SignalP 4.0: discriminating signal peptides from transmembrane regions

(2011) Thomas Nordahl Petersen et al.   NATURE METHODS

ConoServer: updated content, knowledge, and discovery tools in the conopeptide database

(2011) Q. Kaas et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

HMMER web server: interactive sequence similarity searching

(2011) R. D. Finn et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A new multigene superfamily of Kunitz-type protease inhibitors from sea anemone Heteractis crispa

(2011) Marina P. Isaeva et al.   PEPTIDES

Evolutionary Analysis of Novel Serine Proteases in the Venom Gland Transcriptome of Bitis gabonica rhinoceros

(2011) Sakthivel Vaiyapuri et al.   PLoS One

Salivary Transcriptome of the North American Medicinal Leech, Macrobdella decora

(2010) Gi-Sik Min et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Dual Function of a Bee Venom Serine Protease: Prophenoloxidase-Activating Factor in Arthropods and Fibrin(ogen)olytic Enzyme in Mammals

(2010) Young Moo Choo et al.   PLoS One

Novel venom gene discovery in the platypus

(2010) Camilla M Whittington et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

The Toxicogenomic Multiverse: Convergent Recruitment of Proteins Into Animal Venoms

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

Phylogenomic analysis of the cystatin superfamily in eukaryotes and prokaryotes

(2009) Dušan Kordiš et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

A novel serine protease inhibitor from the venom of Vespa bicolor Fabricius

(2009) Xinbo Yang et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structure and function of invertebrate Kazal-type serine proteinase inhibitors

(2009) Vichien Rimphanitchayakit et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

A repertoire of the dominant transcripts from the salivary glands of the blood-sucking bug, Triatoma dimidiata, a vector of Chagas disease

(2009) Hirotomo Kato et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Tentacles of Venom: Toxic Protein Convergence in the Kingdom Animalia

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

Neocomplanines A and B, a Complanine Family Isolated from the Marine Fireworm⊥

(2009) Kazuhiko Nakamura et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS

Eurythoe complanata (Polychaeta: Amphinomidae), the ‘cosmopolitan’ fireworm, consists of at least three cryptic species

(2009) Romulo Barroso et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Discovery and characterization of cnidarian peptide toxins that affect neuronal potassium ion channels

(2009) Olga Castañeda et al.   TOXICON

Serine peptidases: Classification, structure and function

(2008) M. J. Page et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

The CAP Superfamily: Cysteine-Rich Secretory Proteins, Antigen 5, and Pathogenesis-Related 1 Proteins—Roles in Reproduction, Cancer, and Immune Defense

(2008) Gerard M. Gibbs et al.   ENDOCRINE REVIEWS

The phylogenetic relationships between Amphinomidae, Archinomidae and Euphrosinidae (Amphinomida: Aciculata: Polychaeta), inferred from molecular data

(2008) Helena Wiklund et al.   JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

NCBI BLAST: a better web interface

(2008) M. Johnson et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Complanine, an inflammation-inducing substance isolated from the marine fireworm Eurythoe complanata

(2008) Kazuhiko Nakamura et al.   ORGANIC & BIOMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Peptide pal9a from the venom of the turrid snail Polystira albida from the Gulf of Mexico: Purification, characterization, and comparison with P-conotoxin-like (framework IX) conoidean peptides

(2008) Manuel B. Aguilar et al.   PEPTIDES

Discovery of a Distinct Superfamily of Kunitz-Type Toxin (KTT) from Tarantulas

(2008) Chun-Hua Yuan et al.   PLoS One