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We found that assassin bugs from the earliest-diverging subfamily of higher Reduviidae (Peiratinae), as well as a subfamily closely related to Triatominae (Stenopodainae) have venom that is highly similar in composition to that produced by previously examined reduviids from Harpactorinae and Reduvii...
ORGANISM(S): Oncocephalus Ectomocoris 
2024-07-30 | PXD050854 | Pride
Ochrogaster lunifer (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) is an Australian processionary caterpillar with detachable urticating setae that have a defensive function. These true setae induce inflammation when they contact human skin, and equine foetal loss syndrome if they are accidentally ingested by gravid h...
ORGANISM(S): Ochrogaster lunifer 
2024-07-30 | PXD041864 | Pride
Larvae of the genus Megalopyge (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea: Megalopygidae), called asp or puss caterpillars, produce defensive venoms that cause severe acute pain. Here, we present the anatomy, chemistry, and mode of action of the venom systems of caterpillars of two megalopygid species, the Southern ...
ORGANISM(S): Megalopyge opercularis 
2024-01-26 | PXD037610 | Pride
The aim of this experiment is to ascertain which genes have their expression influenced by PG1432. PG1432 encodes a putative sensor histidine kinase which is part of two component signal transduction that was highly up-regulated in P. gingivalis mature biofilm cells. PG1432 was disrupted in P. gingi...
ORGANISM(S): Porphyromonas gingivalis 
Caterpillars of moths in the family Limacodidae produce pain-inducing defensive venoms that have evolved independently to previously characterised lepidopteran venoms, but their composition and mechanism of action are unknown. Here, we examine the limacodid venom system using the species Doratifera ...
ORGANISM(S): Doratifera vulnerans 
2021-04-12 | PXD022400 | Pride
Limacodidae is a family of lepidopteran insects comprising more than 1,500 species, over half of which produce pain-inducing defensive venom components in the larval stage, but little is known about their venom. Recently, we characterised proteinaceous toxins from the Australian limacodid caterpilla...
ORGANISM(S): Acharia stimulea 
2023-06-01 | PXD039980 | Pride
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