Active nematocyst isolation via nudibranchs

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 441-444

  Schlesinger, Ami ^a,b   Kramarsky Winter, Esti ^a   Loya, Yossi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Natural products; Nematocyst; Nudibranch; Sea anemone; Venom

Indexed keywords

NATURAL PRODUCTS; NEMATOCYST; NUDIBRANCH; SEA ANEMONE; VENOM;

HISTOLOGY;

COELENTERATE VENOM;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYST; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; EXCRETION; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; VENOM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FECES; GASTROPOD; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; SEA ANEMONE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; FECES; GASTROPODA; ORGANELLES; SEA ANEMONES;

ACTINIARIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; NUDIBRANCHIA; SPURILLA NEAPOLITANA;

EID: 67349137870     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-008-9175-9     Document Type: Article

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