Packaging of chemicals in the defensive secretory glands of the sea hare Aplysia californica

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-88

  Johnson, Paul M ^a,b   Kicklighter, Cynthia E ^a   Schmidt, Manfred ^a   Kamio, Michiya ^a   Yang, Hsiuchin ^a   Elkin, Dimitry ^c   Michel, William C ^c   Tai, Phang C ^a   Derby, Charles D ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical defense; Escapin; Gastropod; Ink gland; L amino acid oxidase; Opaline gland; Sea hare

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ARGININE; LYSINE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ANIMAL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG MIXTURE; EXOCRINE GLAND; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APLYSIA; ARGININE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COMPLEX MIXTURES; EXOCRINE GLANDS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSINE;

ALGAE; ANASPIDEA; APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; APLYSIA DACTYLOMELA; GASTROPODA;

EID: 31544477993     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01972     Document Type: Article

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