A pain-causing and paralytic ant venom glycopeptide

Summary: Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) are familiar inhabitants of most terrestrial environments. Although we are aware of the ability of many species to sting, knowledge of ant venom chemistry remains limited. Herein, we describe the discovery and characterization of an O-linked glycopeptide (Mg7a...

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Main Authors: Samuel D. Robinson, Lucas Kambanis, Daniel Clayton, Hannes Hinneburg, Leo Corcilius, Alexander Mueller, Andrew A. Walker, Angelo Keramidas, Sameer S. Kulkarni, Alun Jones, Irina Vetter, Morten Thaysen-Andersen, Richard J. Payne, Glenn F. King, Eivind A.B. Undheim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-10-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004221011433