Animal venoms are renowned for their toxicity, biochemical complexity, and as a source of
compounds with potential applications in medicine, agriculture, and industry. Polypeptides …

Employing the clear, student-friendly style that made previous editions so popular, Insect
Physiology and Biochemistry, Fourth Edition presents an engaging and authoritative guide …

Animal venoms are recognised as unique biological systems in which to study molecular
evolution. Venom use has evolved numerous times among the insects, and insects today …

Prey-selective venoms and toxins have been documented across only a few species of
snakes. The lack of research in this area has been due to the absence of suitably flexible …

Lepidopterism, a skin inflammation condition caused by direct or airborne exposure to
irritating hairs (setae) from processionary caterpillars, is becoming a significant public health …

Difficult drug targets are becoming the normal course of business in drug discovery,
sometimes due to large interacting surfaces or only small differences in selectivity regions …

Here, we introduce the third release of Kalium database (http://kaliumdb. org/), a manually
curated comprehensive depository that accumulates data on polypeptide ligands of …

Teratocytes are specialized cells released by parasitoid wasps into their hosts. They are
known for producing regulatory molecules that aid the development of immature parasitoids …

Venom represents a key adaptation of many venomous predators, allowing them to
immobilise prey quickly through chemical rather than physical warfare. Evolutionary arms …

Simple Summary Assassin bugs are one of the diversified groups of venomous predatory
insects. Their venom is secreted from three different lumens of the salivary gland and can …