Analysis of Soluble Protein Contents from the Nematocysts of a Model Sea Anemone Sheds Light on Venom Evolution

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-339

  Moran, Yehu ^a   Praher, Daniela ^a   Schlesinger, Ami ^b   Ayalon, Ari ^c   Tal, Yossi ^d   Technau, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE   (Israel)

^c NONE   (Israel)

^d NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Nematocyst; Nematostella; Toxin; Venom

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CELL PROLIFERATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CNIDARIA; NEMATOCYST; NEMATOSTELLA; TOXIN; VENOM;

PROTEINS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CYST; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMICS; HYBRIDIZATION; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; TOXIN; VENOM;

ACTINIARIA; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; HYDROZOA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; SCYPHOZOA;

COELENTERATE VENOM; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATOCYST; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEA ANEMONE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; METALLOPROTEASES; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATOCYST; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEINS; SEA ANEMONES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84876164436     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-012-9491-y     Document Type: Article

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