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▪ Abstract α-Latrotoxin, a potent neurotoxin from black widow spider venom, triggers synaptic
vesicle exocytosis from presynaptic nerve terminals. α-Latrotoxin is a large protein toxin (120 …

The black widow spider venom contains several large protein toxins—latrotoxins—that are
selectively targeted against different classes of animals: vertebrates, insects, and …

The biological effects of Latrodectus spider venom are similar in animals from different
phyla, but these symptoms are caused by distinct phylum-specific neurotoxins (collectively …

Comprising of over a million described species of highly diverse invertebrates, Arthropoda is
amongst the most successful animal lineages to have colonized aerial, terrestrial, and …

The spiders of medical importance in the Asia–Pacific region include widow (family
Theridiidae) and Australian funnel‐web spiders (subfamily Atracinae). In addition, cupboard …

Venoms from several arthropods are recognized as useful sources of bioactive substances,
such as peptides, acylpolyamines, and alkaloids, which show a wide range of …

We screened more than 60000 RIKEN mouse cDNAs for novel ECM (extracellular matrix)
proteins by extensive computational screening followed by recombinant expression and …

Synchronized network activity is an essential attribute of the brain. Yet the cellular
mechanisms that determine the duration of network bursts are not fully understood. In the …

α-Latrotoxin stimulates three types of [3 H] γ-aminobutyric acid and [14 C] glutamate release
from synaptosomes. The Ca 2+-independent component (i) is insensitive to SNAP-25 …