A fast centrifuge method for nematocyst isolation from Pelagia noctiluca Forskal (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa)

Rivista di Biologia - Biology Forum

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 505-516

  Marchini, Barbara ^a   De Nuccio, Luca ^b   Mazzei, Mauro ^b   Mariottini, Gian Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cnidarian venom; Jellyfish; Nematocysts; Pelagia noctiluca; Percoll isolation

Indexed keywords

CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; NOCTILUCA; PELAGIA NOCTILUCA; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 13444267956     PISSN: 22822593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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