The deadly venom of the black widow spider contains a toxin that punctures cell membranes. Now researchers have discovered that this destructive stuff looks like a windmill with a hole in the middle, Tracy Smith reports.
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Orlova,E.V. et al. Structure of alpha-latrotoxin oligomers reveals that divalent cation-dependent tetramers form membrane pores Nature Structural Biology 7, 48-53 (2000).
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Smith, T. Visualizing venom. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000106-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/news000106-6
