Sea anemone (cnidaria, anthozoa, actiniaria) toxins: An overview

Marine Drugs

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1812-1851

  Frazão, Bárbara ^a,b   Vasconcelos, Vitor ^a,b   Antunes, Agostinho ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Phylogeny; Sea anemone; Toxin; Toxin gene

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOLYSIN; EQUINATOXIN 1; EQUINATOXIN 1A; EQUINATOXIN 2; EQUINATOXIN 3; EQUINATOXIN 4; EQUINATOXIN 5; EQUINATOXIN C; GIGANTOXIN 2; GIGANTOXIN 3; KALICLUDIN 1 TOXIN; KALICLUDIN 2 TOXIN; KALICLUDIN 3 TOXIN; KALISEPTIN; KV CHANNEL INTERACTING PROTEIN; METRIDIN; NEUROTOXIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; RNA 12S; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; RNA 28S; SEA ANEMONE TOXIN; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.1; TENEBROSIN A; TENEBROSIN B; TENEBROSIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACONTIA; ACTINIAA EQUINA; ANEMONIA ERYTHRAEA; ANEMONIA VIRIDIS; ANTHEOPSIS MACULATA; ANTHOPLEURA ELEGANTISSIMA; ANTHOPLEURA FUSCOVIRIDIS; ANTHOPLEURA XANTHOGRAMMICA; ANTHOZOA; BETA SHEET; BUNODACTIS VERRUCOSA; BUNODOSOMA CAISSARUM; BUNODOSOMA CANGICUM; BUNODOSOMA GRANULIFERA; CALLIACTIS PARASITICA; CARDIOTOXICITY; CNIDARIA; CONDYLACTIS GIGANTEA; CONDYLACTIS PARASITICA; CONDYLACTIS PASSIFLORA; CRYPTODENDRUM ADHAESIVUM; CYTOLYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HALCURIAS CARLGRENI; HETERACTIS CRISPA; HETERODACTYLA HEMPRICHI; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NEMATOCYST; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASICYONIS ACTINOSTOLOIDES; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POPULATION GENETICS; RADIANTHUS PAUMOTENSIS; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVIEW; SEA ANEMONE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STICHODACTYLA GIGANTEA; STICHODACTYLA HADDONI; STICHODACTYLA HELIANTHUS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; TOXIN STRUCTURE; TOXIN SYNTHESIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACONTIA; ACTINIARIA; ALCYONACEA; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; PENNATULACEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84865984564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16603397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/md10081812     Document Type: Review

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