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List of works by Maren Watkins

A family of excitatory peptide toxins from venomous crassispirine snails: using Constellation Pharmacology to assess bioactivity

scientific article

A new species of Casmaria H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (Gastropoda, Cassidae) from the Philippines identified by molecular data

scientific article published on 28 March 2014

A novel alpha-conotoxin, PeIA, cloned from Conus pergrandis, discriminates between rat alpha9alpha10 and alpha7 nicotinic cholinergic receptors

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A novel conus peptide ligand for K+ channels

scientific article published on 23 October 2002

A very short, functionally constrained sequence diagnoses cone snails in several Conasprella clades

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Adaptive radiation of venomous marine snail lineages and the accelerated evolution of venom peptide genes

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Against expectation: a short sequence with high signal elucidates cone snail phylogeny

scientific article (publication date: February 2011)

Alpha-RgIA: a novel conotoxin that specifically and potently blocks the alpha9alpha10 nAChR.

scientific article published in February 2006

Alpha-conotoxin BuIA, a novel peptide from Conus bullatus, distinguishes among neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

scientific article published in November 2004

Alpha-conotoxin GIC from Conus geographus, a novel peptide antagonist of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

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Alpha-conotoxin PIA is selective for alpha6 subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

scientific article published in September 2003

Biochemical and gene expression analyses of conotoxins in Conus textile venom ducts

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Biodiversity of cone snails and other venomous marine gastropods: evolutionary success through neuropharmacology

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Characterization of D-amino-acid-containing excitatory conotoxins and redefinition of the I-conotoxin superfamily

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Characterization of a novel psi-conotoxin from Conus parius Reeve

scientific article published on 31 July 2007

Characterization of a venom peptide from a crassispirid gastropod

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Characterization of conantokin Rl-A: molecular phylogeny as structure/function study

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Characterization of the First Conotoxin from Conus ateralbus, a Vermivorous Cone Snail from the Cabo Verde Archipelago

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Conantokin-P, an unusual conantokin with a long disulfide loop

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Defining a Clade by Morphological, Molecular and Toxinological Criteria: Distinctive Forms related to Conus praecellens A. Adams, 1854.

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Definition and characterization of the short alphaA-conotoxins: a single residue determines dissociation kinetics from the fetal muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

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Discovery, synthesis, and structure activity of a highly selective alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist

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Distinct Disulfide Isomers of μ-Conotoxins KIIIA and KIIIB Block Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels

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Fish-hunting cone snail venoms are a rich source of minimized ligands of the vertebrate insulin receptor

scientific article published on 12 February 2019

I(1)-superfamily conotoxins and prediction of single D-amino acid occurrence

scientific article published on 29 September 2007

Insights into the origins of fish hunting in venomous cone snails from studies of Conus tessulatus

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Integrating Venom Peptide Libraries Into a Phylogenetic and Broader Biological Framework

scientific article published on 21 February 2022

Multiple 6-bromotryptophan residues in a sleep-inducing peptide

scientific article published in September 2004

Multiple genes elucidate the evolution of venomous snail-hunting Conus species.

scientific article published on 16 July 2009

NMR-based mapping of disulfide bridges in cysteine-rich peptides: application to the mu-conotoxin SxIIIA

scientific article published on 03 October 2008

Novel Conotoxins fromConus striatusandConus kinoshitaiSelectively Block TTX-Resistant Sodium Channels

scientific article published in 2006

Novel conantokins from Conus parius venom are specific antagonists of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors

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Novel conotoxins from Conus striatus and Conus kinoshitai selectively block TTX-resistant sodium channels

scientific article published in May 2005

Phylogeny of the genus Turris: correlating molecular data with radular anatomy and shell morphology

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Purification and Characterization of the Pink-Floyd Drillipeptide, a Bioactive Venom Peptide from Clavus davidgilmouri (Gastropoda: Conoidea: Drilliidae)

scientific article published on 07 August 2020

Purification and characterization of a novel excitatory peptide from Conus distans venom that defines a novel gene superfamily of conotoxins

scientific article published on 5 June 2008

Somatostatin venom analogs evolved by fish-hunting cone snails: From prey capture behavior to identifying drug leads

scientific article published on 25 March 2022

Specialized insulin is used for chemical warfare by fish-hunting cone snails.

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Structural and functional diversities among mu-conotoxins targeting TTX-resistant sodium channels

scientific article published in March 2006

THE INDO-PACIFIC GEMMULA SPECIES IN THE SUBFAMILY TURRINAE: ASPECTS OF FIELD DISTRIBUTION, MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY, RADULAR ANATOMY AND FEEDING ECOLOGY.

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The mitochondrial genome of Conus textile, coxI-coxII intergenic sequences and Conoidean evolution

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α-Conotoxin VnIB from Conus ventricosus is a potent and selective antagonist of α6β4* nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

scientific article published on 28 June 2019