Firing the sting: Chemically induced discharge of cnidae reveals novel proteins and peptides from box jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri) Venom

Toxins

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 936-950

  Jouiaei, Mahdokht ^a   Casewell, Nicholas R ^b   Yanagihara, Angel A ^c   Nouwens, Amanda ^a   Cribb, Bronwen W ^a   Whitehead, Darryl ^a   Jackson, Timothy N W ^a   Ali, Syed A ^a,d   Wagstaff, Simon C ^b   Koludarov, Ivan ^a   Alewood, Paul ^a   Hansen, Jay ^a   Fry, Bryan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chironex fleckeri; Ethanol induced discharge; Nematocyst; Pressure induced disruption; Proteome; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASTACIN; LIQUID NITROGEN; METALLOPROTEINASE; SNAKE VENOM; COELENTERATE VENOM; PROTEOME; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TOXIN-1, CHIRONEX FLECKERI; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; CELL DISRUPTION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; JELLYFISH STING; NEMATOCYST; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; RNA ISOLATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CUBOZOA; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

CHIRONEX FLECKERI; CUBOZOA;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; CUBOZOA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NEMATOCYST; PROTEOME; PROTEOMICS; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84928169840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins7030936     Document Type: Article

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