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

Helena Safavi-Hemami, Joanna Gajewiak, Santhosh Karanth, Samuel D. Robinson, Beatrix Ueberheide, Adam D. Douglass, Amnon Schlegel, Julita S. Imperial, Maren Watkins, Pradip K. Bandyopadhyay, Mark Yandell, Qing Li, Anthony W. Purcell, Raymond S. Norton, Lars Ellgaard, Baldomero M. Olivera

85 Citations (Scopus)
Original languageEnglish
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Volume112
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)1743-1748
Number of pages6
ISSN0027-8424
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Feb 2015

Keywords

  • insulin shock
  • cone snails
  • conotoxins
  • nirvana cabal
  • venom

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