[HTML][HTML] Membrane-active peptides and their potential biomedical application

A Gostaviceanu, S Gavrilaş, L Copolovici… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Membrane-active peptides (MAPs) possess unique properties that make them valuable tools
for studying membrane structure and function and promising candidates for therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery of an insect neuroactive helix ring peptide from ant venom

V Barassé, L Jouvensal, G Boy, A Billet, S Ascoët… - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ants are among the most abundant terrestrial invertebrate predators on Earth. To overwhelm
their prey, they employ several remarkable behavioral, physiological, and biochemical …

[HTML][HTML] The genome of the ant Tetramorium bicarinatum reveals a tandem organization of venom peptides genes allowing the prediction of their regulatory and …

A Touchard, V Barassé, JM Malgouyre, M Treilhou… - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background Venoms have evolved independently over a hundred times in the animal
kingdom to deter predators and/or subdue prey. Venoms are cocktails of various secreted …