Figure 3
From: Venom duct origins of prey capture and defensive conotoxins in piscivorous Conus striatus
Expression level variation of the major conotoxin (relative expression level > 1%) precursors across the transcriptomes of three venom duct sections (distal, central and proximal) in three adult C. striatus (specimens A–C). (a) Heat map showing the distribution of dominant peptides across the duct section in three specimens. Relative expression levels are indicated as % TPM relative to the maximum TPM in each venom duct segment transcriptome. (b) The mature conotoxin sequence of the dominant sequences found across all nine transcriptomes studied in the same rank order as the heat map. (c) Bar graphs visualizing the contribution of the dominant and minor peptides to each main superfamily in three specimens of C. striatus.
