Spinalin, a new glycine- and histidine-rich protein in spines of Hydra nematocysts

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1545-1554

  Koch, Alexander W ^a   Holstein, Thomas W ^b   Mala, Carola ^c   Kurz, Eva ^c   Engel, Jürgen ^a   David, Charles N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydra; Nematocyst; Nematocyte; Spinalin

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; CELL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SPINALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; HYDRA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AVES; COELENTERATA; HYDRA;

EID: 0031862652     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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