Sea Anemones, Actinoporins, and Cholesterol. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2022 Spanish or Spanish-speaking scientists represent a remarkably populated group within the scientific community studying pore-forming proteins. Some of these scientists, ourselves included, focus on the study of actinoporins, a fascinating group of metamorphic pore-forming proteins produced within the venom of several sea anemones.
Palacios-Ortega J +8 more
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Bioprospecting of Sea Anemones (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria) for β-Defensin-like α-Amylase Inhibitors [PDF]
Biomedicines, 2023 Diabetes mellitus is one of the most serious diseases of our century. The drugs used are limited or have serious side effects. The search for new sources of compounds for effective treatment is relevant.
Daria Popkova +7 more
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Deep-Sea Anemones Are Prospective Source of New Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Compounds [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2021 The peculiarities of the survival and adaptation of deep-sea organisms raise interest in the study of their metabolites as promising drugs. In this work, the hemolytic, cytotoxic, antimicrobial, and enzyme-inhibitory activities of tentacle extracts from ...
Aleksandra Kvetkina +13 more
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Towards the Exploration and Evolution of Insulin-like Venoms in Actiniaria (Sea anemones) [PDF]
Marine DrugsRecent studies have elucidated the diversity of genes encoding venom in Sea anemones. However, most of those genes are yet to be explored in an evolutionary context. Insulin is a common peptide across metazoans and has been coopted into a predatory venom
Alonso Delgado +2 more
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Active provisioning of food to host sea anemones by anemonefish [PDF]
Scientific ReportsIn mutualistic symbiosis, organisms often provide food to their partners. However, the processes and significance of food provisioning to hosts remain poorly understood.
Yuya Kobayashi +3 more
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Sea anemones modify their hiding time based on their commensal damselfish [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2016 Animals often retreat to refugia when alarmed and the time they spend hiding reflects an economic decision that trades off reducing predation risk with other beneficial activities.
Alexandra N. Lim +2 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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First records of Anthopleura nigrescens (Verrill, 1928) and Telmatactis panamensis (Verrill, 1869) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria) from Parque Nacional Coiba, Pacific coast of Panama [PDF]
Check List, 2022 We report two species of sea anemones, Anthopleura nigrescens (Verrill, 1928) and Telmatactis panamensis (Verrill, 1869), for the first time from Parque Nacional Coiba, a large, protected area in the Pacific off Panama.
Fabián H. Acuña +3 more
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Sea anemones (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria) in high sedimentation environments influenced by the Magdalena River (Colombian Caribbean) [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022 Fifteen species of sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) have been recorded so far in the Colombian Caribbean, comprising approximately 28% of the total number of known species in the Caribbean Sea.
JEFERSON DURÁN-FUENTES +2 more
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Marine Drugs, 2022 Sea anemones are predatory marine invertebrates and have diverse venom arsenals. Venom is integral to their biology, and is used in competition, defense, and feeding.
Alonso Delgado +3 more
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