Cargando…
Context‐dependent venom deployment and protein composition in two assassin bugs
The Heteroptera are a diverse suborder of phytophagous, hematophagous, and zoophagous insects. The shift to zoophagy can be traced back to the transformation of salivary glands into venom glands, but the venom is used not only to kill and digest invertebrate prey but also as a defense strategy, main...
Autores principales: | Fischer, Maike L., Wielsch, Natalie, Heckel, David G., Vilcinskas, Andreas, Vogel, Heiko |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
John Wiley and Sons Inc.
2020
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7520181/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33005355 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6652 |
Ejemplares similares
-
An Assassin’s Secret: Multifunctional Cytotoxic Compounds in the Predation Venom of the Assassin Bug Psytalla horrida (Reduviidae, Hemiptera)
por: Fischer, Maike Laura, et al.
Publicado: (2023) -
Hexapod Assassins’ Potion: Venom Composition and Bioactivity from the Eurasian Assassin Bug Rhynocoris iracundus
por: Rügen, Nicolai, et al.
Publicado: (2021) -
You are what you eat—ecological niche and microhabitat influence venom activity and composition in aquatic bugs
por: Fischer, Maike L., et al.
Publicado: (2023) -
Anthelminthic Activity of Assassin Bug Venom against the Blood Fluke Schistosoma mansoni
por: Tonk, Miray, et al.
Publicado: (2020) -
The assassin bug Pristhesancus plagipennis produces two distinct venoms in separate gland lumens
por: Walker, Andrew A., et al.
Publicado: (2018)