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List of works by Helena Safavi-Hemami

A Naturally Occurring Peptide with an Elementary Single Disulfide-Directed β-Hairpin Fold

scientific article published on 2 February 2016

A minimized human insulin-receptor-binding motif revealed in a Conus geographus venom insulin

scientific article

A prominent role of PDIA6 in processing of misfolded proinsulin

scientific article published on 03 March 2016

A structurally minimized yet fully active insulin based on cone-snail venom insulin principles

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Author Correction: A structurally minimized yet fully active insulin based on cone-snail venom insulin principles

scientific article published on 12 June 2020

Characterisation of nitric oxide synthase in three cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbioses

scientific article

Combined proteomic and transcriptomic interrogation of the venom gland of Conus geographus uncovers novel components and functional compartmentalization

scientific article published on 29 January 2014

Conopeptides promote itch through human itch receptor hMgprX1

scientific article published on 21 September 2018

Curses or Cures: A Review of the Numerous Benefits Versus the Biosecurity Concerns of Conotoxin Research

scientific article published on 22 July 2020

Discovery by proteogenomics and characterization of an RF-amide neuropeptide from cone snail venom

scientific article

Discovery of Novel Conotoxin Candidates Using Machine Learning

scholarly article by Qing Li et al published 1 December 2018 in Toxins

Divergence of the Venom Exogene Repertoire in Two Sister Species of Turriconus.

scientific article published on September 2017

Diversity of conotoxin gene superfamilies in the venomous snail, Conus victoriae

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Embryonic toxin expression in the cone snail Conus victoriae: primed to kill or divergent function?

scientific article published on 19 April 2011

Ero1-Mediated Reoxidation of Protein Disulfide Isomerase Accelerates the Folding of Cone Snail Toxins

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

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

scientific article published on 12 February 2019

High molecular weight components of the injected venom of fish-hunting cone snails target the vascular system

scientific article published on 19 July 2013

Hormone-like peptides in the venoms of marine cone snails

scientific article published on 21 August 2015

Identification of Conus peptidylprolyl cis-trans isomerases (PPIases) and assessment of their role in the oxidative folding of conotoxins

scientific article

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

scientific article

Insulin as a weapon.

scientific article

Integrating Venom Peptide Libraries Into a Phylogenetic and Broader Biological Framework

scientific article published on 21 February 2022

Isolation and characterization of Conohyal-P1, a hyaluronidase from the injected venom of Conus purpurascens

scientific article

Linking neuroethology to the chemical biology of natural products: interactions between cone snails and their fish prey, a case study

scientific article

Modulation of conotoxin structure and function is achieved through a multienzyme complex in the venom glands of cone snails

scientific article

Pain therapeutics from cone snail venoms: From Ziconotide to novel non-opioid pathways

scientific article published on 16 May 2018

Pancreatic Beta Cells Are Highly Susceptible to Oxidative and ER Stresses during the Development of Diabetes

article

Proteomic interrogation of venom delivery in marine cone snails: novel insights into the role of the venom bulb

scientific article published on 29 September 2010

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

Rapid expansion of the protein disulfide isomerase gene family facilitates the folding of venom peptides

scientific article published on 8 March 2016

Reconstructing the Origins of the Somatostatin and Allatostatin-C Signaling Systems Using the Accelerated Evolution of Biodiverse Cone Snail Toxins

scientific article published on 01 April 2022

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

scientific article published on 25 March 2022

Specialisation of the Venom Gland Proteome in Predatory Cone Snails Reveals Functional Diversification of the Conotoxin Biosynthetic Pathway

article

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

scientific article

The Opisthorchis viverrini genome provides insights into life in the bile duct

scientific article published on 9 July 2014

The Venom Repertoire of Conus gloriamaris (Chemnitz, 1777), the Glory of the Sea.

scientific article

The three-dimensional structure of an H-superfamily conotoxin reveals a granulin fold arising from a common ICK cysteine framework

scientific article published on 11 April 2019

Unconventional insulins from predators and pathogens

scientific article published in 2022

Venom Insulins of Cone Snails Diversify Rapidly and Track Prey Taxa

scientific article published on 14 August 2016

Venom peptides as pharmacological tools and therapeutics for diabetes

scientific article

αM-Conotoxin MIIIJ Blocks Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors at Neuromuscular Junctions of Frog and Fish

scientific article published on 21 March 2020

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