A new method for the separation of different types of nematocysts from scyphozoa and investigation of proteinaceous toxins utilizing laser catapulting and subsequent mass spectrometry

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 308-317

  Wiebring, Annika ^a,b   Helmholz, Heike ^a   Sötje, Ilka ^b   Lassen, Stephan ^a   Prange, Andreas ^a   Tiemann, Henry ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Jellyfish; Laser microdissection; LMPC; Nematocyst; Toxin

Indexed keywords

AURELIA; LASER CATAPULTING; LASER MICRODISSECTIONS; MARINE ECOLOGY; MASS SPECTRA; PREY CAPTURE; SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS; STINGING CELLS;

MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; OPTIMIZATION;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

COELENTERATE VENOM; PROTEIN;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; JELLYFISH; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREY CAPTURE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; LASER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SCYPHOZOA; JELLYFISH;

ANIMALS; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; LASERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEINS; SCYPHOZOA;

AURELIA AURITA; CYANEA LAMARCKI; SCYPHOZOA;

EID: 77953023915     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-010-9261-7     Document Type: Article

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