A novel protein toxin from the deadly box jellyfish (sea wasp, habu-kurage) chiropsalmus quadrigatus

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 97-102

  Nagai, Hiroshi ^a,d   Takuwa Kuroda, Kyoko ^a   Nakao, Masahiro ^b   Oshiro, Naomasa ^c   Iwanaga, Setsuko ^c   Nakajima, Terumi ^a  

^a SUNTORY INSTITUTE FOR BIOORGANIC RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b SUNTORY LTD   (Japan)

^c OKINAWA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chiropsalmus quadrigatus; Hemolysis; Jellyfish; Protein; Toxin

Indexed keywords

CHIROPSALMUS QUADRIGATUS TOXIN A; CHIROPSALMUS QUADRIGATUS TOXIN-A; COELENTERATE VENOM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRAYFISH; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; GENETICS; HEMOLYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SCYPHOZOA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BASE SEQUENCE; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEINS; SCYPHOZOA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SHEEP;

ASTACOIDEA; CARYBDEA; CARYBDEA ALATA; CARYBDEA RASTONII; CHIROPSALMUS; CHIROPSALMUS QUADRIGATUS; CUBOZOA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; OVIS ARIES; SCYPHOZOA; TRIMERESURUS FLAVOVIRIDIS; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0036362365     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.66.97     Document Type: Article

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