Defensive slime formation in Pacific hagfish requires Ca2+-] and aquaporinmediated swelling of released mucin vesicles

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2288-2296

  Herr, Julia E ^a,b   Clifford, Alexander M ^b,c   Goss, Greg G ^b,c   Fudge, Douglas S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Holocrine secretion; Mucin; Mucus; Slime gland; Transporter

Indexed keywords

EPTATRETUS STOUTII; HAGFISH; MYXINIDAE;

AQUAPORIN 3; AQUAPORIN 4; CALCIUM; DETERGENT; FISH PROTEIN; MUCIN; OCTOXINOL;

ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HAGFISH; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 3; AQUAPORIN 4; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CALCIUM; DETERGENTS; FISH PROTEINS; HAGFISHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUCINS; OCTOXYNOL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84907154434     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.101584     Document Type: Article

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