kallikrein-like protease from the short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda: comparative studies with blarina toxin". Biological Chemistry. 386 (2): 177–82. doi:10...
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Northern short-tailed shrew (redirect from Blarina brevicauda)
The northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) is the largest shrew in the genus Blarina, and occurs in the northeastern region of North America...
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kallikrein-like protease from the short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda: comparative studies with blarina toxin". Biological Chemistry. 386 (2): 177–182. doi:10...
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chemical toxins which are used to kill or incapacitate prey or as a defense against predators. Venomous animals actively deliver their toxins (called venom)...
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short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis), Elliot's short-tailed shrew (Blarina hylophaga), and Everglades short-tailed shrew (Blarina peninsulae) and the...
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Soricidin (category Vertebrate toxins)
oligopeptide found in the venomous saliva of the northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda); in the wild, shrews use it to paralyze their prey (typically...
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Venomics (category Toxins by organ system affected)
documented and widely available. An example of this would be the ‘Animal toxin annotation project’ (Provided by the UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot), which is a database...
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produced by two distinct species, the North American short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) and the Mexican beaded lizard, undergo convergent evolution...
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(Hyla versicolor) makes an explosive sound that sometimes repels the shrew Blarina brevicauda. Although toads are avoided by many predators, the common garter...
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like vipers, and has evolved in parallel in both lineages from an ancient toxin precursor. Solenodons create venom in enlarged submaxillary glands, and...
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centipedes and mammals such as rodents and other moles. Its saliva contains toxins which paralyze earthworms in particular. The Aquitanian mole (T. aquitania)...
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potential predator such as the North American northern short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda). Their bodies writhe and they raise and lash their tails which...
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Homosassa shrew (Sorex longirostris eionis) and Sherman's short-tailed shrew (Blarina carolinensis shermanii). One of their main predators is the cat. Completing...
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