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SUBMITTER: Lin Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3558931 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lin Zhenjian Z Torres Joshua P JP Ammon Mary Anne MA Marett Lenny L Teichert Russell W RW Reilly Christopher A CA Kwan Jason C JC Hughen Ronald W RW Flores Malem M Tianero Ma Diarey MD Peraud Olivier O Cox James E JE Light Alan R AR Villaraza Aaron Joseph L AJ Haygood Margo G MG Concepcion Gisela P GP Olivera Baldomero M BM Schmidt Eric W EW
Chemistry & biology 20130101 1
In the oceans, secondary metabolites often protect otherwise poorly defended invertebrates, such as shell-less mollusks, from predation. The origins of these metabolites are largely unknown, but many of them are thought to be made by symbiotic bacteria. In contrast, mollusks with thick shells and toxic venoms are thought to lack these secondary metabolites because of reduced defensive needs. Here, we show that heavily defended cone snails also occasionally contain abundant secondary metabolites, ...[more]