Dissecting Pain Pathways using
Venom Peptides
      


 Venom as a source of ligands


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Cone snail venom
Spider venom
Many organisms including snakes, spiders, fish and some mammalian species have evolved venom as either a defence mechanism or as a primary weapon for the capture of their prey. The plethora of biologically active molecules that constitute venom is used to disrupt essential organ systems in the envenomed animal.




Cone snail in the process of prey capture