Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Sea anemone venom is a marine drug resource library with pharmacological and biotechnology value, and it contains complex and diverse functional peptide neurotoxins.
Jinxing Fu +7 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Many multicellular organisms, such as humans, plants, and invertebrates, depend on symbioses with microbes for metabolic cooperation and exchange. Reef‐building corals, an ecologically important order of invertebrates, are particularly vulnerable to ...
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Transcriptomic analysis reveals the formation mechanism of anemone-type flower in chrysanthemum
BMC Genomics, 2022 Background The ray and disc florets on the chrysanthemum capitulum are morphologically diverse and have remarkably abundant variant types, resulting in a rich variety of flower types.
Jiawei Fan +6 more
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Searching for a toxic key to unlock the mystery of anemonefish and anemone symbiosis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Twenty-six species of anemonefish of the genera Amphiprion and monospecific Premnas, use only 10 species of anemones as hosts in the wild (Families: Actiniidae, Stichodactylidae and Thalassianthidae). Of these 10 anemone species some are used by multiple
Anita M Nedosyko +3 more
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Boxer crabs induce asexual reproduction of their associated sea anemones by splitting and intraspecific theft [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Crabs of the genus Lybia have the remarkable habit of holding a sea anemone in each of their claws. This partnership appears to be obligate, at least on the part of the crab.
Yisrael Schnytzer +3 more
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The Government’s NHS Funding Policy Since 2018: An Analysis of Its Evolution and Reception
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2022 Since Theresa May’s speech on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the National Health Service (NHS) in June 2018, the issue of NHS funding has always been at the top of the Conservative government’s policy agenda.
Anémone Kober-Smith
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome caused by sea anemone sting: a case report
BMC Nephrology, 2021 Background Some sea anemone toxins cause renal injuries resembling hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). To date, only a few cases of HUS caused by sea anemone stings have been reported.
A Young Kim +5 more
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Identification, diversity and domain structure analysis of mucin and mucin-like genes in sea anemone Actinia tenebrosa [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Background Mucins are part of the glycoprotein family and the main proteinaceous component of mucus. The sea anemone species, Actinia tenebrosa (Phylum Cnidaria) produce large amounts of mucus, which have not been studied in detail.
Alaa Haridi
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The Ecological Importance of Toxicity: Sea Anemones Maintain Toxic Defence When Bleached
Toxins, 2019 Cnidarians are amongst the most venomous animals on the planet. They are also under significant threat due to the impacts of climate change. Corals and anemones undergo climate-induced bleaching during extreme environmental conditions, where a loss of ...
Cassie M. Hoepner +2 more
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A detailed observation of the ejection and retraction of defense tissue acontia in sea anemone (Exaiptasia pallida) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Acontia, located in the gastrovascular cavity of anemone, are thread-like tissue containing numerous stinging cells which serve as a unique defense tissue against predators of the immobile acontiarian sea anemone.
Julie Lam +5 more
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