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Maren Watkins

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Nicole J Kraus; Baldomero M Olivera; Jon Seger; Maren Watkins; Pradip K Bandyopadhyay; Patrice Showers Corneli
A very short, functionally constrained sequence diagnoses cone snails in several Conasprella clades.
Baldomero M Olivera; Estuardo López Vera; Maren Watkins; Manuel B. Aguilar; Pradip Bandyopadhyay; Gisela P Concepcion; Edgar P Heimer de la Cotera; Julita S Imperial; Arturo Lluisma
Adaptive radiation of venomous marine snail lineages and the accelerated evolution of venom peptide genes.
Konkallu Hanumae Gowd; Tiffany S Han; Baldomero M Olivera; Randall J Platt; Misty D Smith; Gabriela Toledo; Vernon Twede; Maren Watkins; H Steve White; Joanna Gajewiak; Grzegorz Bulaj
Conantokins derived from the Asprella clade impart conRl-B, an N-methyl d-aspartate receptor antagonist with a unique selectivity profile for NR2B subunits.

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2012: Nicole J Kraus; Baldomero M Olivera; Jon Seger; Maren Watkins; Pradip K Bandyopadhyay; Patrice Showers Corneli
A very short, functionally constrained sequence diagnoses cone snails in several Conasprella clades.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2012;65(1):335-8.
2012: Baldomero M Olivera; Estuardo López Vera; Maren Watkins; Manuel B. Aguilar; Pradip Bandyopadhyay; Gisela P Concepcion; Edgar P Heimer de la Cotera; Julita S Imperial; Arturo Lluisma
Adaptive radiation of venomous marine snail lineages and the accelerated evolution of venom peptide genes.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2012;1267():61-70.
2012: Konkallu Hanumae Gowd; Tiffany S Han; Baldomero M Olivera; Randall J Platt; Misty D Smith; Gabriela Toledo; Vernon Twede; Maren Watkins; H Steve White; Joanna Gajewiak; Grzegorz Bulaj
Conantokins derived from the Asprella clade impart conRl-B, an N-methyl d-aspartate receptor antagonist with a unique selectivity profile for NR2B subunits.
Biochemistry 2012;51(23):4685-92.
2011: April B Cabang; Patrice Showers Corneli; Joanna Gajewiak; Julita S Imperial; Baldomero M Olivera; Maren Watkins; Gisela P Concepcion
Characterization of a venom peptide from a crassispirid gastropod.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 2011;58(8):672-80.
2011: Alexander Fedosov; Maren Watkins; Francisco M Heralde; Patrice Showers Corneli; Gisela P Concepcion; Baldomero M Olivera
Phylogeny of the genus Turris: correlating molecular data with radular anatomy and shell morphology.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2011;59(2):263-70.
2011: Nicole J Kraus; Patrice Showers Corneli; Maren Watkins; Pradip K Bandyopadhyay; Jon Seger; Baldomero M Olivera
Against expectation: a short sequence with high signal elucidates cone snail phylogeny.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2011;58(2):383-9.
2010: Romell A Seronay; Alexander E Fedosov; Mary Anne Q Astilla; Maren Watkins; Noel Saguil; Francisco M Heralde; Sheila Tagaro; Guido T Poppe; Porfirio M Aliño; Marco Oliverio; Yuri I Kantor; Gisela P Concepcion; Baldomero M Olivera
Accessing novel conoidean venoms: Biodiverse lumun-lumun marine communities, an untapped biological and toxinological resource.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 2010;56(7):1257-66.
2010: Konkallu Hanumae Gowd; Maren Watkins; Vernon D Twede; Grzegorz W Bulaj; Baldomero M Olivera
Characterization of conantokin Rl-A: molecular phylogeny as structure/function study.
Journal of peptide science : an official publication of the European Peptide Society 2010;16(8):375-82.
2010: Nicolas Puillandre; Maren Watkins; Baldomero M Olivera
Evolution of Conus peptide genes: duplication and positive selection in the A-superfamily.
Journal of molecular evolution 2010;70(2):190-202.
2009: Hannah H Nam; Patrice Showers Corneli; Maren Watkins; Baldomero Olivera; Pradip K Bandyopadhyay
Multiple genes elucidate the evolution of venomous snail-hunting Conus species.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2009;53(3):645-52.
2009: Mandë Holford; Min-Min Zhang; K Hanumae Gowd; Layla Azam; Brad R Green; Maren Watkins; John-Paul Ownby; Doju Yoshikami; Grzegorz Bulaj; Baldomero M Olivera
Pruning nature: Biodiversity-derived discovery of novel sodium channel blocking conotoxins from Conus bullatus.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 2009;53(1):90-8.
2008: Konkallu Hanumae Gowd; Vernon Twede; Maren Watkins; K S Krishnan; Russell W Teichert; Grzegorz Bulaj; Baldomero M Olivera
Conantokin-P, an unusual conantokin with a long disulfide loop.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 2008;52(2):203-13.
2008: Ping Chen; James E Garrett; Maren Watkins; Baldomero M Olivera
Purification and characterization of a novel excitatory peptide from Conus distans venom that defines a novel gene superfamily of conotoxins.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 2008;52(1):139-45.
2008: Arturo O Lluisma; Estuardo López-Vera; Grzegorz Bulaj; Maren Watkins; Baldomero M Olivera
Characterization of a novel psi-conotoxin from Conus parius Reeve.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 2008;51(2):174-80.
2008: Olga Buczek; Elsie C Jimenez; Doju Yoshikami; Julita S Imperial; Maren Watkins; Alex Morrison; Baldomero M Olivera
I(1)-superfamily conotoxins and prediction of single D-amino acid occurrence.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 2008;51(2):218-29.
2008: Pradip K Bandyopadhyay; Bradford J Stevenson; John-Paul Ownby; Matthew T Cady; Maren Watkins; Baldomero M Olivera
The mitochondrial genome of Conus textile, coxI-coxII intergenic sequences and Conoidean evolution.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 2008;46(1):215-23.
2007: Russell W Teichert; Elsie C Jimenez; Vernon Twede; Maren Watkins; Michael Hollmann; Grzegorz Bulaj; Baldomero M Olivera
Novel conantokins from Conus parius venom are specific antagonists of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2007;282(51):36905-13.
2007: Julita S Imperial; Yuri Kantor; Maren Watkins; Francisco M Heralde; Bradford Stevenson; Ping Chen; Karin Hansson; Johan Stenflo; John-Paul Ownby; Philippe Bouchet; Baldomero M Olivera
Venomous auger snail Hastula (Impages) hectica (Linnaeus, 1758): molecular phylogeny, foregut anatomy and comparative toxinology.
Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution 2007;308(6):744-56.
2007: Paul Whiteaker; Sean Christensen; Doju Yoshikami; Cheryl Dowell; Maren Watkins; Jozsef Gulyas; Jean Rivier; Baldomero M Olivera; J Michael McIntosh
Discovery, synthesis, and structure activity of a highly selective alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antagonist.
Biochemistry 2007;46(22):6628-38.
2006: Min-Min Zhang; Brian Fiedler; Brad R Green; Philip Catlin; Maren Watkins; James E Garrett; Brian J Smith; Doju Yoshikami; Baldomero M Olivera; Grzegorz Bulaj
Structural and functional diversities among mu-conotoxins targeting TTX-resistant sodium channels.
Biochemistry 2006;45(11):3723-32.
2006: Maren Watkins; David R Hillyard; Baldomero M Olivera
Genes expressed in a turrid venom duct: divergence and similarity to conotoxins.
Journal of molecular evolution 2006;62(3):247-56.
2006: Michael Ellison; Christian Haberlandt; María E Gomez-Casati; Maren Watkins; Ana Belen Elgoyhen; J Michael McIntosh; Baldomero M Olivera
Alpha-RgIA: a novel conotoxin that specifically and potently blocks the alpha9alpha10 nAChR.
Biochemistry 2006;45(5):1511-7.
2006: Russell W Teichert; Estuardo López-Vera; Jozsef Gulyas; Maren Watkins; Jean Rivier; Baldomero M Olivera
Definition and characterization of the short alphaA-conotoxins: a single residue determines dissociation kinetics from the fetal muscle nicotinic acetylcholine receptor.
Biochemistry 2006;45(4):1304-12.
2005: J Michael McIntosh; Paola V Plazas; Maren Watkins; María E Gomez-Casati; Baldomero M Olivera; Ana Belen Elgoyhen
A novel alpha-conotoxin, PeIA, cloned from Conus pergrandis, discriminates between rat alpha9alpha10 and alpha7 nicotinic cholinergic receptors.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2005;280(34):30107-12.
2005: Olga Buczek; Doju Yoshikami; Maren Watkins; Grzegorz Bulaj; Elsie C Jimenez; Baldomero M Olivera
Characterization of D-amino-acid-containing excitatory conotoxins and redefinition of the I-conotoxin superfamily.
The FEBS journal 2005;272(16):4178-88.
2005: Gloria P Corpuz; Richard B Jacobsen; Elsie C Jimenez; Maren Watkins; Craig Walker; Clark Colledge; James E Garrett; Owen McDougal; Wenqin Li; William R Gray; David R Hillyard; Jean Rivier; J Michael McIntosh; Lourdes J Cruz; Baldomero M Olivera
Definition of the M-conotoxin superfamily: characterization of novel peptides from molluscivorous Conus venoms.
Biochemistry 2005;44(22):8176-86.
2005: Grzegorz Bulaj; Peter J. West; James E Garrett; Maren Watkins; Maren Marsh; Min-Min Zhang; Raymond S Norton; Brian J Smith; Doju Yoshikami; Baldomero M Olivera
Novel conotoxins from Conus striatus and Conus kinoshitai selectively block TTX-resistant sodium channels.
Biochemistry 2005;44(19):7259-65.
2005: James E Garrett; Olga Buczek; Maren Watkins; Baldomero M Olivera; Grzegorz Bulaj
Biochemical and gene expression analyses of conotoxins in Conus textile venom ducts.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2005;328(1):362-7.
2005: Layla Azam; Cheryl Dowell; Maren Watkins; Jerry A Stitzel; Baldomero M Olivera; J Michael McIntosh
Alpha-conotoxin BuIA, a novel peptide from Conus bullatus, distinguishes among neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2005;280(1):80-7.
2004: Elsie C Jimenez; Maren Watkins; Baldomero M Olivera
Multiple 6-bromotryptophan residues in a sleep-inducing peptide.
Biochemistry 2004;43(38):12343-8.
2003: Cheryl Dowell; Baldomero M Olivera; James E Garrett; Sarah T Staheli; Maren Watkins; Alexander Kuryatov; Doju Yoshikami; Jon M Lindstrom; J Michael McIntosh
Alpha-conotoxin PIA is selective for alpha6 subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 2003;23(24):8445-52.
2003: Julita S Imperial; Maren Watkins; Ping Chen; David R Hillyard; Lourdes J Cruz; Baldomero M Olivera
The augertoxins: biochemical characterization of venom components from the toxoglossate gastropod Terebra subulata.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 2003;42(4):391-8.
2003: Michael Ferber; Annett Sporning; Gunnar Jeserich; Richard DeLaCruz; Maren Watkins; Baldomero M Olivera; Heinrich Terlau
A novel conus peptide ligand for K+ channels.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2003;278(4):2177-83.
2002: J Michael McIntosh; Cheryl Dowell; Maren Watkins; James E Garrett; Doju Yoshikami; Baldomero M Olivera
Alpha-conotoxin GIC from Conus geographus, a novel peptide antagonist of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2002;277(37):33610-5.
2001: D J Espiritu; Maren Watkins; V Dia-Monje; George Cartier; Lourdes J Cruz; Baldomero M Olivera
Venomous cone snails: molecular phylogeny and the generation of toxin diversity.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 2001;39(12):1899-916.
2001: Grzegorz Bulaj; Richard DeLaCruz; A Azimi-Zonooz; Peter J. West; Maren Watkins; Doju Yoshikami; Baldomero M Olivera
Delta-conotoxin structure/function through a cladistic analysis.
Biochemistry 2001;40(44):13201-8.
2001: Elsie C Jimenez; Maren Watkins; L J Juszczak; Lourdes J Cruz; Baldomero M Olivera
Contryphans from Conus textile venom ducts.
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 2001;39(6):803-8.
1999: Baldomero M Olivera; Craig Walker; George Cartier; D Hooper; Ameurfina D Santos; R Schoenfeld; Reshma P Shetty; Maren Watkins; Pradip K Bandyopadhyay; David R Hillyard
Speciation of cone snails and interspecific hyperdivergence of their venom peptides. Potential evolutionary significance of introns.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1999;870():223-37.
1999: A Grey Craig; T Norberg; D Griffin; Carl A Hoeger; M Akhtar; K Schmidt; William Low; John Dykert; E Richelson; V Navarro; Jean Mazella; Maren Watkins; David R Hillyard; Julita S Imperial; Lourdes J Cruz; Baldomero M Olivera
Contulakin-G, an O-glycosylated invertebrate neurotensin.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1999;274(20):13752-9.
1998: KJ Shon; Baldomero M Olivera; Maren Watkins; Richard B Jacobsen; William R Gray; C Z Floresca; Lourdes J Cruz; David R Hillyard; A Brink; Heinrich Terlau; Doju Yoshikami
mu-Conotoxin PIIIA, a new peptide for discriminating among tetrodotoxin-sensitive Na channel subtypes.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 1998;18(12):4473-81.
1998: Richard B Jacobsen; Elsie C Jimenez; M Grilley; Maren Watkins; David R Hillyard; Lourdes J Cruz; Baldomero M Olivera
The contryphans, a D-tryptophan-containing family of Conus peptides: interconversion between conformers.
The journal of peptide research : official journal of the American Peptide Society 1998;51(3):173-9.
1998: KJ Shon; Martin Stocker; Heinrich Terlau; Walter Stühmer; Richard B Jacobsen; Craig Walker; M Grilley; Maren Watkins; David R Hillyard; William R Gray; Baldomero M Olivera
kappa-Conotoxin PVIIA is a peptide inhibiting the shaker K+ channel.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1998;273(1):33-8.
1997: KJ Shon; M Grilley; Richard B Jacobsen; George Cartier; C Hopkins; William R Gray; Maren Watkins; David R Hillyard; Jean Rivier; Josep Torres; Doju Yoshikami; Baldomero M Olivera
A noncompetitive peptide inhibitor of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from Conus purpurascens venom.
Biochemistry 1997;36(31):9581-7.
1997: Elsie C Jimenez; A Grey Craig; Maren Watkins; David R Hillyard; William R Gray; Jozsef Gulyas; Jean E Rivier; Lourdes J Cruz; Baldomero M Olivera
Bromocontryphan: post-translational bromination of tryptophan.
Biochemistry 1997;36(5):989-94.