Kartik Sunagar
Publications
@ corresponding author
* equal contribution
Student publications marked in green
2024
83. Khochare S, Jaglan A, Rashmi U, Dam P, and Kartik Sunagar@. Harnessing the Cross-Neutralisation Potential of Existing Antivenoms for Mitigating the Outcomes of Snakebite in Sub-Saharan Africa. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2024; 25(8):4213. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25084213.
Impact Factor: 6.208 PDF
82. Irene S Khalek*, RR Senji Laxme*, Yen Thi Kim Nguyen*, Suyog Khochare, Rohit N Patel, Jordan Woehl, Jessica M Smith, Karen Saye-Francisco, Yoojin Kim, Laetitia Misson Mindrebo, Quoc Tran, Mateusz Kędzior, Evy Boré, Oliver Limbo, Megan Verma, Robyn L Stanfield, Stefanie K Menzies, Stuart Ainsworth, Robert A Harrison, Dennis R Burton, Devin Sok, Ian A Wilson, Nicholas R Casewell, Kartik Sunagar@, Joseph G Jardine@. Synthetic development of a broadly neutralizing antibody against snake venom long-chain α-neurotoxins. 2024. Science Translational Medicine.
Impact Factor: 19.319 PDF
2023
81. Anurag Jaglan, Siddharth Bhatia, Gerard Martin, Kartik Sunagar@. The Royal Armoury: Venomics and antivenomics of king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) from the Indian Western Ghats. 2023. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules.
Impact Factor: 8.2 PDF
80. Khochare S*, Senji Laxme RR*, Jaikumar P, Kaur N, Attarde S, Martin G, and Sunagar, K@. Fangs in the Ghats: preclinical insights into the medical importance of endemic pit vipers from the Western Ghats. 2023. International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
Impact Factor: 6.208 PDF
79. Shaikh, N.Y. and Sunagar, K@., 2023. The deep-rooted origin of disulfide-rich spider venom toxins. eLife, 12, p.e83761.
Impact Factor: 8.14 PDF
2022
78. Sunagar K@, Khochare S, Jaglan A, Senthil S and Suranse V. 2022. Stings on wings: proteotranscriptomic and biochemical profiling of the lesser banded hornet (Vespa affinis) venom. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 9:1066793. 10.3389/fmolb.2022.1066793
Impact Factor: 6.113 PDF
77. Cardoso FC, Pineda S, Herzig V, Sunagar K, Shaikh NY, Jin A, King GF, Alewood P, Lewis R, Dutertre S. 2022. The deadly toxin arsenal of the tree-dwelling Australian funnel-web spiders. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(21):13077. 10.3390/ijms232113077.
Impact Factor: 6.208 PDF
76. Senji Laxme RR, Khochare S, Attarde S, Kaur N, Jaikumar P, Shaikh NY, Aharoni R, Primor N, Hawlena D, Moran Y, and Sunagar K@. 2022. The Middle Eastern Cousin: Comparative Venomics of Daboia palaestinae and Daboia russelii. Toxins.
Impact Factor: 5.075 PDF
75. Suranse V, Jackson T. N. W. and Sunagar K@. 2022. Contextual constraints: dynamic evolution of snake venom phospholipase A2. Toxins.
Impact Factor: 5.075 PDF
74. Attarde S, Iyer A, Khochare S, Shaligram U, Vikharankar M and Sunagar K@. 2022. The preclinical evaluation of a second-generation antivenom for treating snake envenoming in India. Toxins.
Impact Factor: 5.075 PDF
2021
73. Attarde S*, Khochare S*, Iyer A*, Dam P, Martin G and Sunagar K@. 2021. Venomics of the enigmatic Andaman cobra (N. sagittifera) and the preclinical failure of Indian antivenoms in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Frontiers in Pharmacology.
Impact Factor: 5.988 PDF
72. Calvete JJ, Lomonte B, Saviola AJ, Bonilla F, Sasa M, Williams D, Undheim E, Sunagar K and Jackson TNW. 2021. Mutual enlightenment: A toolbox of concepts and methods for integrating evolutionary and clinical toxinology via snake venomics and the contextual stance. Toxicon: X. Special issue. A trans-disciplinary view of snakebite envenoming.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxcx.2021.100070
Impact Factor: 3.035 PDF
71. Rashmi U*, Khochare S*, Attarde S, Senji Laxme RR, Suranse V, Martin G and Sunagar K@. 2021. Remarkable intrapopulation venom variability in the monocellate cobra (Naja kaouthia) unveils neglected aspects of India's snakebite problem. Journal of Proteomics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2021.104256
Impact Factor: 3.855 PDF
70. Senji Laxme RR*, Attarde S*, Khochare S*, Suranse V, Iyer A, Martin G, Casewell NRC, Whitaker R, and Sunagar K@. 2021. Biogeographic venom variation in Russell’s viper (Daboia russelii) and the preclinical inefficacy of antivenom therapy in snakebite hotspots. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009247
69. Suranse V, Iyer A, Jackson TNW and Sunagar K@. 2021. Origin and Early Diversification of the Enigmatic Squamate Venom Cocktail. A Contribution to the Origin and Early Evolution of Snakes (D. Gower and H. Zaher Ed.). Systematics Association Special Volume Series. Cambridge University Press.
68. Kaur N, Iyer A, and Sunagar K. 2021. Evolution bites: Timeworn inefficacious snakebite therapy in the era of recombinant vaccines. Indian Pediatrics. (58).
67. Senji Laxme RR*, Attarde S*, Khochare S*, Suranse V, Martin G, Casewell NRC, Whitaker R, and Sunagar K@. 2021. Biogeographical venom variation in the Indian spectacled cobra (Naja naja) underscores the pressing need for pan-India efficacious snakebite therapy. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0009150
Impact Factor: 4.781 PDF
66. Sunagar K@ and Abraham SV. 2021. The Curious Case of the “Neurotoxic Skink”: Scientific Literature Points to the Absence of Venom in Scincidae. Toxins.
65. Sunagar K@*, Khochare S*, Senji Laxme RR, Attarde S, Dam P, Suranse V, Khaire A, Martin G, and Captain A. 2021. A wolf in another wolf’s clothing: Post-genomic regulation dictates venom profiles of medically-important cryptic kraits in India. Toxins.
2020
64. Herzig V, Sunagar K*, Wilson DR, Pineda SS, Israel MR, Duterte S, McFarland BS, Undheim EAB, Hodgson WC, Alewood PF, Lewis RJ, Bosmans F, Vetter I, King GF and Fry BG. 2020. Australian funnel-web spiders evolved human-lethal δ-hexatoxins for defense against vertebrate predators. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Impact Factor: 12.78 PDF
63. Casewell NRC*, Jackson TMW*, Laustsen A*, and Sunagar K*. 2020. Causes and consequences of medically-important snake venom variation. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tips.2020.05.006.
Impact Factor: 17.638 PDF
62. Editorial. Modica MV, Sunagar K, Holford M and Dutertre S. 2020. Editorial: Diversity and Evolution of Animal Venoms: Neglected Targets, Ecological Interactions, Future Perspectives. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8:65. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00065
Impact Factor: 4.493 PDF
61. Tournière O, Dolan D, Richards GS, Sunagar K, Columbus-Shenkar Y, Moran Y and Rentzsch F. 2020. The POU domain transcription factor NvPOU4/Brain3 is required for the terminal differentiation of neural cells in Nematostella vectensis. Cell Reports.
Impact Factor: 9.995 PDF
2019
60. Senji Laxme RR, Khochare S, DeSouza HF, Ahuja B, Suranse V, Martin G, Whitaker R and Sunagar K. 2019. Beyond the ‘big four’: Venom profiling of the medically important yet neglected Indian snakes reveals disturbing antivenom deficiencies. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
59. Casewell NR*, Petras D, Card DC, Suranse V, Mychajliw AM, Richards D, Koludarov I, Albulescu L-O, Slagboom J, Hempel B-F, Ngum NM, Kennerley RJ, Brocca JL, Whiteley G, Harrison RA, Bolton FMS, Debono J, Vonk FJ, Alföldi J, Johnson J, Karlsson EK, Lindblad-Toh K, Mellor IR, Süssmuth RD, Fry BG, Kuruppu S, Hodgson WC, Kool J, Castoe TA, Barnes I, Sunagar K, Undheim EAB and Turvey ST. 2019. Solenodon genome reveals convergent evolution of venom in eulipotyphlan mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Impact Factor: 12.78 PDF
2018
58. Senji Laxme RR*, Suranse V*, and Sunagar K@. 2018. Arthropod venoms: Biochemistry, Ecology and Evolution. Toxicon (Special edition). 158:84-103.
*Joint first authors
Impact Factor: 3.03 PDF
57. Sunagar K@*, Columbus-Shenkar Y*, Fridrich A, Gutkovich N, Aharoni R, and Moran Y@. 2018. Cell type-specific expression profiling unravels the development and evolution of stinging cells in sea anemone. BMC Biology. 16:108.
*Joint first authors; @corresponding author
Impact Factor: 7.431 PDF
56. Baumann K, Dashevsky D, Sunagar K, and Fry BG. 2018. Scratching the Surface of an Itch: Molecular Evolution of Aculeata Venom Allergens. Journal of Molecular Evolution.
Impact Factor: 3.973 PDF
55. Suranse V, Srikanthan A, and Sunagar K@ 2018. Animal Venoms: Origin, Diversity and Evolution. In eLS, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (Ed.).
54. Columbus-Shenkar Y, Sachkova M, Macrander J, Fridrich A, Modepalli V, Reitzel AM, Sunagar K, and Moran Y. Dynamics of venom composition across a complex life cycle. 2018. eLife. 2018;7:e35014.
Impact Factor: 8.713 PDF
2016
53. Sunagar K. Morgenstern, A. Reitzel and Y. Moran. Ecological venomics: how genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics can shed new light on the ecology and evolution of venom. 2016. Journal of Proteomics. 1874-3919.
52. Reeks T, Lavergne V, Sunagar K, Jones A, Undheim E, Dunstan N, Fry BG and Alewood P. 2016. Deep venomics of the Pseudonaja genus reveals inter- and intra-specific variation. Journal of Proteomics. 133:20-32
2015
51. Sunagar K* and Moran Y*. The Rise and Fall of an Evolutionary Innovation: Contrasting Strategies of Venom Evolution in Ancient and Young Animals. 2015. PLoS Genetics. 11(10): e1005596.
*Corresponding author
Impact Factor: 6.02 PDF
50. Ujvari B*, Caswell NR*, Sunagar K*, Arbuckle K, Wüster W, Lo N, Conigrave AD, Mun H, O’Meally D, Beckmann C, King G, Deplazes E and Madsen T. Widespread convergence in toxin resistance by predictable molecular evolution. 2015. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112 (38) 11911-11916; doi:10.1073/pnas.1511706112
*Joint first author
Impact Factor: 12.78 PDF
49. Jouiaei M, Sunagar K*, Federman Gross A, Scheib H, Alewood PF, Moran Y, et al. Evolution of an ancient venom: recognition of a novel family of cnidarian toxins and the common evolutionary origin of sodium and potassium neurotoxins in sea anemone. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 2015;32:1598-610.
*Joint first author
Impact Factor: 16.24 PDF
48. Bryan G. Fry, Ivan Koludarov, Timothy N. W. Jackson, Mandë Holford, Yves Terrat, Nicholas R. Casewell, Eivind, A. B. Undheim, Irina Vetter, Syed A. Ali, Dolyce H. W. Low and Kartik Sunagar. ‘Seeing the woods for the trees: understanding venom evolution as a guide for biodiscovery’ Venoms to drugs: venom as a source for the development of human therapeutics (G.F. King, ed.), Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK.
47. The Origin and Evolution of the Toxicofera Reptile Venom System. B. G. Fry, K. Sunagar, N. R. Casewell, E. Kochva, K. Roelants, H. Scheib, W. Wüster, N. Vidal, B. Young, F. Burbrink, R. A. Pyron, F. J. Vonk, and T. N. W. Jackson. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
46. Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment of Envenomation L. Boyer, A. Alagón, B. G. Fry, T. N. W. Jackson, K. Sunagar, and J.-P. Chippaux. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
45. Antivenom Research and Development M. Bénard-Valle, E. E. Neri-Castro, B. G. Fry, L. Boyer, C. Cochran, M. Alam, T. N. W. Jackson, D. Paniagua, F. Olvera-Rodríguez, I. Koludarov, K. Sunagar and A. Alagón. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
44. Ineffective Traditional and Modern Techniques for the Treatment of Snakebite M. Bénard-Valle, E. E. Neri-Castro, L. Boyer, T. N. W. Jackson, K. Sunagar, M. Clarkson, and B. G. Fry. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
43. Maintaining Venomous Reptile Collections: Proitemols and Occupational Safety B. G. Fry, I. Hendrikx, P. Rowley, T. N. W. Jackson, H. van der Ploeg, R. Johnson, M. Sasa, N. Dunstan, S. Barve, B. Lock, T. Phillip, M. Zivkovic, L. Boyer, K. Wiley, J. Harrison, R. Carmichael, M. C. Morris, P. Martelli, D. Brandl, G. Shankar, S. McCarthy, K. Sunagar, J. Pittman, and C. Cochran. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
42. Veterinary Care of Venomous Reptiles J. Haberfid, P. Martelli, R. Johnson, S. Barten, A. Gillett, B. Lock, R. Jones, S. Simpson, T. N. W. Jackson, C. Cochran, N. Dunstan, K. Sunagar and B. G. Fry. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
41. Research Methods B. G. Fry, E. A. B. Undheim, T. N. W. Jackson, K. Roelants, D. Georgieva, I. Vetter, J. J. Calvete, H. Scheib, B. W. Cribb, D. C. Yang, N. L. Daly, M. L. Roy Manchadi, J. M. Gutiérrez, B. Lomonte, G. M. Nicholson, S. Dziemborowicz, V. Lavergne, L. Ragnarsson, L. D. Rash, M. Mobli, W. C. Hodgson, N. R. Casewell, A. Nouwens, S. C. Wagstaff S. A. Ali, D. L. Whitehead, V. Herzig, P. Monagle, N. D. Kurniawan, T. Reeks and K. Sunagar. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
40. Three-Finger Toxins (3FTx) Y. Utkin, K. Sunagar, T. N. W. Jackson, T. Reeks, and B. G. Fry. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
39. Beta-Defensins A. R. B. Prieto da Silva, B. G. Fry, K. Sunagar, H. Scheib, T. N. W. Jackson, G. Rádis-Baptista, A. J. Zaharenko, P. L. de Sá Jr., A. Pereira, N. Oguiura, M. A. F. Hayashi, A. Kerkis, T. Yamane, and I. Kerkis. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
38. Cysteine-Rich Secretory Proteins K. Sunagar, T. N. W. Jackson, T. Reeks, and B. G. Fry. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
37. Exendin Peptides B. G. Fry, K. Roelants, T. N. W. Jackson, K. Sunagar, Z. Takacs, T. Reeks, and H. F. Kwok. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
36. Factor Va Proteins S. Earl, K. Sunagar, T. N. W. Jackson, T. Reeks, and B. G. Fry. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
35. Factor Xa Enzymes M. Trabi, K. Sunagar, T. N. W. Jackson, and B. G. Fry. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
34. Kallikrein Enzymes S. Vaiyapuri, K. Sunagar, J. M. Gibbins, T. N. W. Jackson, T. Reeks, and B. G. Fry. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
33. Kunitz Peptides W. S. Eng, B. G. Fry, K. Sunagar, Z. Takacs, T. N. W. Jackson, and L. W. Guddat. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
32. L-Amino Acid Oxidase Enzymes N. H. Tan, B. G. Fry, K. Sunagar, T. N. W. Jackson, T. Reeks, and S. Y. Fung. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
31. Lectin Proteins F. T. Arlinghaus, B. G. Fry, K. Sunagar, T. N. W. Jackson, J. A. Eble, T. Reeks, and K. J. Clemetson. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
30. B-Type Natriuretic Peptides B. G. Fry, K. Sunagar, T. N. W. Jackson, T. Reeks, and H. F. Kwok. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
29.C-Type Natriuretic Peptides B. G. Fry, T. N. W. Jackson, Z. Takacs, T. Reeks and K. Sunagar. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
28. Group I Phospholipase A2 Enzymes K. Sunagar, T. N. W. Jackson, T. Reeks, and B. G. Fry. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
27. Group II Phospholipase A2 Enzymes. K. Sunagar, I. H. Tsai, B. Lomonte, T. N. W. Jackson, and B. G. Fry. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
26. Sarafotoxin Peptides A. Bdolah, F. Ducancel, K. Sunagar, T. N. W. Jackson, and B. G. Fry. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
25. Snake Venom Metalloprotease Enzymes N. R. Casewell, K. Sunagar, Z. Takacs, J. J. Calvete, T. N. W. Jackson, and B. G. Fry. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
24. Lesser-Known or Putative Reptile Toxins B. G. Fry, R. Richards, S. Earl, X. Cousin, T. N. W. Jackson, C. Weise, and K. Sunagar. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
23. Poisonous Snakes and Komodo Dragon Weaponized Bacteria: Which Is Myth and Which Is Reality? B. G. Fry, H. Scheib, K. Messenger, K. L. Tyrrell, S. Hocknull, S. Wroe, K. Sunagar, E. J. C. Goldstein, D. M. Citron, and T. N. W. Jackson. Venomous reptiles and their toxins: Evolution, pathophysiology and Biodiscovery. (B. G. Fry, ed.), Oxford Press, USA.
2014
22. Koludarov I, Jackson TN, Sunagar K, Nouwens A, Hendrikx I, Fry BG. 2014. Fossilized venom: the unusually conserved venom profiles of heloderma species (beaded lizards and gila monsters). Toxins 6:3582-3595.
21. Zhang G et al. 2014. Comparative genomics across modern bird species reveal insights into pan-avian genome evolution and trait biodiversity. Science.
Research featured on the cover of Science.
Impact Factor: 47.73 PDF
20. Mondol S, Kumar NS, Gopalaswamy A, Sunagar K, Karanth KU, Ramakrishnan U. 2014. Identifying species, sex and individual tigers and leopards in the Malenad-Mysore Tiger Landscape, Western Ghats, India. Conservation Genetics Resources. 1-9.
Impact Factor: 0.97 PDF
19. Maldonado E*, Sunagar K*, Almeida D*, Vasconcelos V and Antunes A. IMPACT_S: Integrated Multiprogram Platform to Analyze and Combine Tests of Selection. 2014. PLoS ONE 2014, 9(10):e96243.
*Joint first author
Impact Factor: 3.24 PDF
18. Pineda SS*, Sollod BL*, Wilson D*, Darling A, Sunagar K, Undheim EA, Kely L, Antunes A, Fry B. G and King GF. Diversification of a single ancestral gene into a successful toxin superfamily in highly venomous Australian funnel-web spiders. 2014. BMC Genomics.
Impact Factor: 3.97 PDF
17. K. Sunagar, Casewell NR, Varma S, Kolla R, Antunes A and Moran Y. 2014. “Deadly innovations: unravelling the molecular evolution of animal venoms” in the “Toxinology. Venom Genomics and Proteomics”, edited by P. Gopalakrishnakone. Springer Handbooks of Toxinology.
2013
16. Dutertre S, Jin A, Vetter I, Hamilton B, Sunagar K, Lavergne V, Dutertre V, Fry BG, Antunes A, Venter D, Alewood P and Lewis R. 2013. Evolution of separate predatory and defensive venoms in killer snails. Nature Communications.
Impact Factor: 14.92 PDF
15. Undheim E, Sunagar K, Hamilton BR, Brust A, Jones A, Morales JR, Winnen B, Vetter I, Lewis RJ, Venter D, Alewood P, Fry BG and King GF. Multifunctional Warheads: Diversification of the toxin arsenal of centipede venoms via novel multidomain transcripts. Journal of Proteomics.
14. Sunagar K*, Undheim EA*, Scheib H*, Gren E*, Cochran C*, Person C*, Koludarov I, Kelln W, Hayes W, King GF, Antunes A and Fry BG. 2014. Intraspecific venom variation in the medically significant Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri): Biodiscovery, clinical and evolutionary implications. Journal of Proteomics. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2014.01.013
*Joint first author
13. Jackson TNW*, Sunagar K*, Undheim EAB, Koludarov I, Chan AHC, Sanders K, Ali SA, Hendrikx I, Dunstan N and Fry B. G. 2013. Venom down under: Dynamic evolution of Australian elapid snake toxins. Toxins. 5, 2621-2655.
*Joint first author
12. Undheim EAB*, Sunagar K*, Herzig V*, Kely L, Low D, Jackson T, Jones A, Kurniawan N, King GF, Ali SA, Antunes A, Ruder T and Fry BG. 2013. A proteomics and transcriptomics investigation of the venom from the Barychelidae spider Trittame loki (Brush-foot trapdoor). Toxins. 5:2488-2503.
*Joint first author
11. Sunagar K*, Undheim EAB*, Chan AHC, Jackson TNW, Koludarov I, Muñoz-Gómez SA, Antunes A and Fry BG. 2013. Evolution stings: The origin and diversification of scorpion toxin peptide scaffolds. Toxins. 5:2456-2487.
*Joint first author
10. Sunagar K, Fry BG, Jackson TNW, Casewell NR, et al. 2013. Molecular Evolution of Vertebrate Neurotrophins: Co-Option of the Highly Conserved Nerve Growth Factor Gene into the Advanced Snake Venom Arsenal PLoS ONE 8(11): e81827. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0081827
Impact Factor: 3.24 PDF
9. Sunagar K, Jackson TNW, Undheim EAB, Ali S, Antunes A and Fry BG. 2013. Three-fingered RAVERs: Rapid Accumulation of Variations in Exposed Residues of snake venom toxins. Toxins. 5:2172-2208.
8. Terrat Y, Sunagar K, Fry BG, Jackson TNW, Scheib H, Fourmy R, Verdenaud M, Blanchet G, Antunes A and Ducancel F. 2013. Atractaspis aterrima toxins: The first insight into the molecular evolution of venom in side-stabbers. Toxins. 5:1948–1964.
7. Low D*, Sunagar K*, Undheim E*, Ali SA*, Alagon AC, Ruder T, Jackson T, Kurniawan N, Gonzalez SP, King GF, Antunes A and Fry B. G. 2013. Dracula’s Children: Molecular evolution of vampire bat venom. Journal of Proteomics. 89:95-111.
*Joint first author
6. Fry BG, Undheim E, (11 authors) and Sunagar K. 2013. Squeezers and leaf-cutters: differential diversification and degeneration of the venom system in toxicoferan reptiles. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 12: 1881-1899.
Impact Factor: 7.381 PDF
5. Brust A*, Sunagar K*, Vetter* I, Yang D*, Undheim E, Casewell N, Ruder T, Jackson T, Koludarov I, Alewood P, Hodgson W. C, Lewis R, King G. F, Antunes A and Fry BG. 2013. Differential evolution and neofunctionalization of snake venom metalloprotease domains. Molecular and Cellular Proteomics. 2:651–663.
*Joint first author
Impact Factor: 7.381 PDF
4. Ruder T*, Sunagar K*, Undheim E*, Ali SA, Wai T, Low D, Jackson T, King GF, Antunes A and Fry B. G. 2013. Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the proteins encoded by coleoid (Cuttlefish, Octopus, Squid) posterior venom glands. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 1:13.
*Joint first author
Impact Factor: 2.40 PDF
2012
3. Koludarov I*, Sunagar K*, Undheim E*, Jackson T. N. W, Ruder T, Whitehead D, Saucedo AC, Mora G. R, Alagon A.C, King G.F, Antunes A and Fry B.G. 2012. Structural and molecular diversification of the Anguimorpha lizard venom gland system in the arboreal species Abronia graminea. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 75:168–183.
*Joint first author
Impact Factor: 2.40 PDF
2. Sunagar K, Johnson WE, O’Brien SJ, Vasconcelos V and Antunes A. 2012. Evolution of CRISPs associated with toxicoferan-reptilian venom and mammalian reproduction. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 29:1807–1822.
Impact Factor: 16.24 PDF
2009
1. Mondol S, Navya R, Athreya V, Sunagar K, Selvaraj VM, Ramakrishnan U. 2009. A panel of microsatellites to individually identify leopards and its application to leopard monitoring in human dominated landscapes. BMC Genetics. 10:79.
Impact Factor: 2.797 PDF