Centipedes subdue giant prey by blocking KCNQ channels

Centipedes can subdue giant prey by using venom, which is metabolically expensive to synthesize and thus used frugally through efficiently disrupting essential physiological systems. Here, we show that a centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans, ∼3 g) can subdue a mouse (∼45 g) within 30 seconds....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Luo, Lei, Li, Bowen, Wang, Sheng, Wu, Fangming, Wang, Xiaochen, Liang, Ping, Ombati, Rose, Chen, Junji, Lu, Xiancui, Cui, Jianmin, Lu, Qiumin, Zhang, Longhua, Zhou, Ming, Tian, Changlin, Yang, Shilong, Lai, Ren
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2018
Materias:
Biological Sciences
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5816164/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29358396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1714760115

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