Blar i Institutt for biologi på forfatter "Walker, Andrew A."

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    • Missiles of mass disruption: Composition and glandular origin of venom used as a projectile defensive weapon by the assassin bug Platymeris rhadamanthus 

      Walker, Andrew A.; Robinson, Samuel D.; Undheim, Eivind Andreas Baste; Jin, Jiayi; Han, Xiao; Fry, Bryan G.; Vetter, Irina; King, Glenn F. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Assassin bugs (Reduviidae) produce venoms that are insecticidal, and which induce pain in predators, but the composition and function of their individual venom components is poorly understood. We report findings on the ...

    • Multipurpose peptides: The venoms of Amazonian stinging ants contain anthelmintic ponericins with diverse predatory and defensive activities 

      Nixon, Samantha A.; Robinson, Samuel D.; Agwa, Akello J.; Walker, Andrew A.; Choudhary, Shivani; Touchard, Axel; Undheim, Eivind Andreas Baste; Robertson, Alan; Vetter, Irina; Schroeder, Christina I.; Kotze, Andrew C.; Herzig, Volker; King, Glenn F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In the face of increasing drug resistance, the development of new anthelmintics is critical for controlling nematodes that parasitise livestock. Although hymenopteran venom toxins have attracted attention for applications ...

    • A pain-causing and paralytic ant venom glycopeptide 

      Robinson, Samuel D.; Kambanis, Lucas; Clayton, Daniel; Hinneburg, Hannes; Corcilius, Leo; Mueller, Alexander; Walker, Andrew A.; Keramidas, Angelo; Kulkarni, Sameer S.; Jones, Alun; Vetter, Irina; Thaysen-Andersen, Morten; Payne, Richard J.; King, Glenn F.; Undheim, Eivind Andreas Baste (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      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 ...