Jason S Biggs

Summary

Publications

  1. ncbi Alpha-conopeptides specifically expressed in the salivary gland of Conus pulicarius
    Jason S Biggs
    University of Guam Marine Laboratory, UOG Station, Mangilao, GU 96923, USA
    Toxicon 52:101-5. 2008
  2. ncbi Evolution of Conus peptide toxins: analysis of Conus californicus Reeve, 1844
    Jason S Biggs
    University of Guam Marine Laboratory, UOG Station, Mangilao, GU 96923, USA
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 56:1-12. 2010
  3. ncbi Conolysin-Mt: a conus peptide that disrupts cellular membranes
    Jason S Biggs
    Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA
    Biochemistry 46:12586-93. 2007

Detail Information

Publications3

  1. ncbi Alpha-conopeptides specifically expressed in the salivary gland of Conus pulicarius
    Jason S Biggs
    University of Guam Marine Laboratory, UOG Station, Mangilao, GU 96923, USA
    Toxicon 52:101-5. 2008
    ..Therefore, expression of conotoxin-like gene products by the salivary gland could potentially add to the complexity of Conus venoms...
  2. ncbi Evolution of Conus peptide toxins: analysis of Conus californicus Reeve, 1844
    Jason S Biggs
    University of Guam Marine Laboratory, UOG Station, Mangilao, GU 96923, USA
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 56:1-12. 2010
    ..In concordance with the evolutionary distance of C. californicus from other species, there are aspects of prey-capture behavior and prey preferences of this species that diverges significantly from all other Conus...
  3. ncbi Conolysin-Mt: a conus peptide that disrupts cellular membranes
    Jason S Biggs
    Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA
    Biochemistry 46:12586-93. 2007
    ..aureus of 25-50 microM. The specificity of conolysin-Mt for native eukaryotic membranes is a novel feature of the peptide compared to other well-characterized cytolytic peptides such as melittin...