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Variability of cnidae within a small clonal sea anemone (Isactinia sp.)

Invertebrate Biology, Volume 142, Issue 4, December 2023., 2023
Abstract The cnidom and intraspecific variability of cnidae within the small sea anemone Isactinia sp. were verified. The specific cnidae within the cnidom of four discrete morphological structures (tentacle, actinopharynx, mesenterial filaments, and body column) within Isactinia sp. was investigated.
Katrina L. Kaposi, Michela L. Mitchell, Robert L. Courtney, Jamie E. Seymour   +3 more
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Glabralysins, potential New β-pore-forming toxin family members from the schistosomiasis vector snail biomphalaria glabrata [PDF]

, 2020
Biomphalaria glabrata is a freshwater Planorbidae snail. In its environment, this mollusk faces numerous microorganisms or pathogens, and has developed sophisticated innate immune mechanisms to survive.
Crickmore, Neil, Duval, David, Galinier, Richard, Gourbal, Benjamin, Lassalle, Damien, Pinaud, Silvain, Tetreau, Guillaume   +6 more
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On the paradox of thriving cold‐water coral reefs in the food‐limited deep sea

Biological Reviews, Volume 98, Issue 5, Page 1768-1795, October 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT The deep sea is amongst the most food‐limited habitats on Earth, as only a small fraction (<4%) of the surface primary production is exported below 200 m water depth. Here, cold‐water coral (CWC) reefs form oases of life: their biodiversity compares with tropical coral reefs, their biomass and metabolic activity exceed other deep‐sea ...
Sandra R. Maier, Sandra Brooke, Laurence H. De Clippele, Evert de Froe, Anna‐Selma van der Kaaden, Tina Kutti, Furu Mienis, Dick van Oevelen   +7 more
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A Polychaete’s Powerful Punch: Venom Gland Transcriptomics of Glycera Reveals a Complex Cocktail of Toxin Homologs [PDF]

, 2014
© The Author(s) 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/
Abdel-Rahman, Aird, Alarcon-Chaidez, Altschul, Alves-Silva, Ambrose, Anatriello, Anderluh, Bakrac, Bakrac, Balasubramanian, Barlic, Binford, Binford, Björn M. von Reumont, Bon, Borda, Bradnam, Brinkman, Böggemann, Casewell, Castaneda, Castaneda, Chagas, Chang, Chen, Christoph Bleidorn, Conesa, Conesa, Cuypers, Dan Sykes, Darriba, De Colibus, Earl, Eddy, Fauchald, Favreau, Fernandes-Pedrosa, Francischetti, Fry, Fry, Garb, Garcia, Garcia-Ortega, Ghadessy, Giese, Giray, Grabherr, Hargreaves, He, Honma, Jungo, Jörg Hetmank, Kagan, Katoh, Kawashima, Khalturin, King, King, Kircher, Kiriake, Klawe, Kobayashi, Koua, Krebs, Kristan, Kvist, Lahcen I. Campbell, Lars Hering, Lin, Low, Low, Manaranche, Mancheno, Margres, Martin, Meunier, Meunier, Meyer, Michel, Michel, Min, Morgenstern, Morgenstern, Moses, Nakamura, Olivera, O’Neil, Peng, Pennington, Petersen, Rangaraju, Rigoni, Rokyta, Ronald A. Jenner, Rosenberg, Rouse, Safavi-Hemami, Sandy Richter, Schenning, Shiomi, Shiomi, Smeds, Stamatakis, Sukumwang, Sunagar, Terrat, Ueda, Ungerer, Violette, von Reumont, Vonk, Warren, Watala, Weston, Whittington, Wong, Zdobnov, Zhang, Zimmerberg, Zobel-Thropp   +120 more
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Venom system variation and the division of labor in the colonial hydrozoan Hydractinia symbiolongicarpus [PDF]

, 2022
Cnidarians (jellyfish, hydroids, sea anemones, and corals) possess a unique method for venom production, maintenance, and deployment through a decentralized system composed of different types of venom-filled stinging structures called nematocysts.
Cartwright, Paulyn, Klompen, Anna M. L., Sanders, Steven M.   +2 more
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Non‐seed plants are emerging gene sources for agriculture and insect control proteins

The Plant Journal, Volume 116, Issue 1, Page 23-37, October 2023., 2023
SUMMARY The non‐seed plants (e.g., charophyte algae, bryophytes, and ferns) have multiple human uses, but their contributions to agriculture and research have lagged behind seed plants. While sharing broadly conserved biology with seed plants and the major crops, non‐seed plants sometimes possess alternative molecular and physiological adaptations ...
Carl R. Simmons, Rod A. Herman
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Global patterns and drivers of genetic diversity among marine habitat‐forming species

Global Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 32, Issue 7, Page 1218-1229, July 2023., 2023
Abstract Aim Intraspecific genetic diversity is one of the pillars of biodiversity, supporting the resilience and evolutionary potential of populations. Yet, our knowledge regarding the patterns of genetic diversity at macroecological scales, so‐called macrogenetic patterns, remains scarce, particularly in marine species.
Laura Figuerola‐Ferrando, Aldo Barreiro, Ignasi Montero‐Serra, Marta Pagès‐Escolà, Joaquim Garrabou, Cristina Linares, Jean‐Baptiste Ledoux   +6 more
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Proteomic Analysis of the Venom of Jellyfishes Rhopilema esculentum and Sanderia malayensis

Marine Drugs, 2020
Venomics, the study of biological venoms, could potentially provide a new source of therapeutic compounds, yet information on the venoms from marine organisms, including cnidarians (sea anemones, corals, and jellyfish), is limited.
Thomas C. N. Leung, Zhe Qu, Wenyan Nong, Jerome H. L. Hui, Sai Ming Ngai   +4 more
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Neuropeptides and degenerin/epithelial Na+ channels: a relationship from mammals to cnidarians

The Journal of Physiology, Volume 601, Issue 9, Page 1583-1595, 1 May 2023., 2023
Abstract figure legend Several degenerin (DEG)/epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC) ion channels interact with neuropeptides. Some DEG/ENaCs from vertebrates, including humans, are modulated by neuropeptides, whereas others, from bilaterian invertebrates and cnidarians, are directly activated by them. For modulation, neuropeptides [here, RFamides (RFa)] bind,
Stefan Gründer, Audrey Ortega Ramírez, Gáspár Jékely   +2 more
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Ancient Venom Systems: A Review on Cnidaria Toxins

Toxins, 2015
Cnidarians are the oldest extant lineage of venomous animals. Despite their simple anatomy, they are capable of subduing or repelling prey and predator species that are far more complex and recently evolved. Utilizing specialized penetrating nematocysts,
Mahdokht Jouiaei, Angel A. Yanagihara, Bruno Madio, Timo J. Nevalainen, Paul F. Alewood, Bryan G. Fry   +5 more
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