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List of works by Alexander Vassilevski

A novel antifungal hevein-type peptide from Triticum kiharae seeds with a unique 10-cysteine motif.

scientific article published on 3 July 2009

Antimicrobial peptide from spider venom inhibits Chlamydia trachomatis infection at an early stage

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Antimicrobial peptide precursor structures suggest effective production strategies

scientific article published on January 2008

Bacterial production of latarcin 2a, a potent antimicrobial peptide from spider venom.

scientific article published on 25 March 2008

Buckwheat trypsin inhibitor with helical hairpin structure belongs to a new family of plant defence peptides

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C-Terminal residues in small potassium channel blockers OdK1 and OSK3 from scorpion venom fine-tune the selectivity

scientific article published on 4 February 2017

Cyanogen bromide cleavage of proteins in salt and buffer solutions.

scientific article published on 27 July 2010

Cysteine-rich toxins from Lachesana tarabaevi spider venom with amphiphilic C-terminal segments.

scientific article published on 23 October 2012

Cyto-Insectotoxin 1a from Lachesana tarabaevi Spider Venom Inhibits Chlamydia trachomatis Infection.

scientific article published on September 2012

Cyto-insectotoxins, a novel class of cytolytic and insecticidal peptides from spider venom.

scientific article published in May 2008

Design of sodium channel ligands with defined selectivity - a case study in scorpion alpha-toxins.

scientific article published on 10 September 2017

Disulfide-stabilized Helical Hairpin Structure and Activity of a Novel Antifungal Peptide EcAMP1 from Seeds of Barnyard Grass (Echinochloa crus-galli)

scientific article published on May 11, 2011

Diversity of Potassium Channel Ligands: Focus on Scorpion Toxins

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Fluorescent protein-scorpion toxin chimera is a convenient molecular tool for studies of potassium channels

scientific article published on 21 September 2016

Fluorescent system based on bacterial expression of hybrid KcsA channels designed for Kv1.3 ligand screening and study.

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Genes and evolution of two-domain toxins from lynx spider venom

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Genes encoding 4-Cys antimicrobial peptides in wheat Triticum kiharae Dorof. et Migush.: multimodular structural organization, instraspecific variability, distribution and role in defence

scientific article published on 18 June 2013

Genes encoding hevein-like defense peptides in wheat: distribution, evolution, and role in stress response

scientific article published on 3 January 2012

Kalium 2.0, a comprehensive database of polypeptide ligands of potassium channels

scientific article published on 27 May 2019

Kalium: a database of potassium channel toxins from scorpion venom.

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Labelled animal toxins as selective molecular markers of ion channels: Applications in neurobiology and beyond.

scientific article published on 26 October 2017

Lachesana tarabaevi, an expert in membrane-active toxins.

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Latarcins, antimicrobial and cytolytic peptides from the venom of the spider Lachesana tarabaevi (Zodariidae) that exemplify biomolecular diversity.

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Latarcins: versatile spider venom peptides

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Linear antimicrobial peptides from Ectatomma quadridens ant venom.

scientific article published on 16 September 2014

Modular organization of α-toxins from scorpion venom mirrors domain structure of their targets, sodium channels.

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Modular toxin from the lynx spider Oxyopes takobius: Structure of spiderine domains in solution and membrane-mimicking environment.

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Molecular diversity of spider venom.

scientific article published on December 2009

Molecules to selectively target receptors for treatment of pain and neurogenic inflammation.

scientific article published on January 2012

Novel antifungal α-hairpinin peptide from Stellaria media seeds: structure, biosynthesis, gene structure and evolution.

scientific article published in October 2013

Novel class of spider toxin: active principle from the yellow sac spider Cheiracanthium punctorium venom is a unique two-domain polypeptide.

scientific article published on 24 July 2010

Novel lynx spider toxin shares common molecular architecture with defense peptides from frog skin

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Novel mode of action of plant defense peptides - hevein-like antimicrobial peptides from wheat inhibit fungal metalloproteases

scientific article published on 24 September 2014

Pharmacological analysis of Poecilotheria spider venoms in mice provides clues for human treatment.

scientific article published on 12 August 2017

Potassium channel blocker crafted by α-hairpinin scaffold engineering

scientific article published on 29 April 2021

Protein surface topography as a tool to enhance the selective activity of a potassium channel blocker

scientific article published on 18 September 2019

Recent advances in computational modeling of α-helical membrane-active peptides.

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Refined structure of BeM9 reveals arginine hand, an overlooked structural motif in scorpion toxins affecting sodium channels

scientific article published on 08 September 2018

Scorpion toxin MeuNaTxα-1 sensitizes primary nociceptors by selective modulation of voltage-gated sodium channels

scientific article published on 13 October 2020

Scorpion toxins interact with nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

scientific article published on 18 July 2019

Solution structure of a defense peptide from wheat with a 10-cysteine motif

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Spider toxin inhibits gating pore currents underlying periodic paralysis

scientific article published on 10 April 2018

Spider toxins comprising disulfide-rich and linear amphipathic domains: a new class of molecules identified in the lynx spider Oxyopes takobius

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Spider venom peptides for gene therapy of Chlamydia infection.

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Structural Similarity between Defense Peptide from Wheat and Scorpion Neurotoxin Permits Rational Functional Design

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Structure of membrane-active toxin from crab spider Heriaeus melloteei suggests parallel evolution of sodium channel gating modifiers in Araneomorphae and Mygalomorphae

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Structure of purotoxin-2 from wolf spider: modular design and membrane-assisted mode of action in arachnid toxins.

scientific article published on 13 July 2016

Structure of the yellow sac spider Cheiracanthium punctorium genes provides clues to evolution of insecticidal two-domain knottin toxins

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Two novel sodium channel inhibitors from Heriaeus melloteei spider venom differentially interacting with mammalian channel's isoforms

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Unique bell-shaped voltage-dependent modulation of Na+ channel gating by novel insect-selective toxins from the spider Agelena orientalis

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Variability of Potassium Channel Blockers in Mesobuthus eupeus Scorpion Venom with Focus on Kv1.1: AN INTEGRATED TRANSCRIPTOMIC AND PROTEOMIC STUDY.

scientific article published on 19 March 2015

omega-Lsp-IA, a novel modulator of P-type Ca2+ channels.

scientific article published on 28 July 2007