Isolation and characterization of a novel protein toxin from the Hawaiian box jellyfish (sea wasp) Carybdea alata

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 589-594

  Nagai, Hiroshi ^a   Takuwa, Kyoko ^a   Nakao, Masahiro ^b   Sakamoto, Bryan ^c   Crow, Gerald L ^d   Nakajima, Terumi ^a  

^a SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d Waikiki Aquarium   (United States)

Author keywords

Carybdea alata; CaTX A; CrTX; Hemolysis; Jellyfish; Nematocyst; Protein; Tentacle; Toxin

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HEMOLYSIS; JELLYFISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE;

CARYBDEA ALATA; CARYBDEA RASTONI;

EID: 0034726698     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3352     Document Type: Article

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