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Pattern and Coloration of Periclimenes rathbunae from the Turks and Caicos Islands, with Comments on Host Associations in Other Anemone Shrimps of the West Indies and Bermuda [PDF]

, 1991
The commensal shrimp Periclimenes rathbunae Schmitt, 1924, lives in association with the sea anemones Condylactis gigantea Weinland, 1860, and Stichodactyla (= Stoichactis) helianthus Ellis, 1767, in the Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies.
Bubucis, Patricia M., Heard, Richard W., Manstan, Roy R., McLelland, Jerry A., Spotte, Stephen   +4 more
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Peptide Fraction pOh2 Exerts Antiadipogenic Activity through Inhibition of C/EBP‐α and PPAR‐γ Expression in 3T3‐L1 Adipocytes

BioMed Research International, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
Many studies have comprehensively examined the venom of Ophiophagus hannah snake. Its venom comprises different compounds exhibiting a wide range of pharmacological activities. In this investigation, four peptide fractions (PFs), ranging from 3 kDa to 10 kDa, isolated from the Vietnamese snake venom of O.
Thi Tuyet Nhung Nguyen, Thi Thu Ha, Thi Hoa Nguyen, Thi Hien Vu, Nam Hai Truong, Hoang Ha Chu, Dong Van Quyen, Gian L. Mariottini   +7 more
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Structural foundations of sticholysin functionality [PDF]

, 2021
Actinoporins constitute a family of α pore-forming toxins produced by sea anemones. The soluble fold of these proteins consists of a β-sandwich flanked by two α-helices. Actinoporins exert their activity by specifically recognizing sphingomyelin at their
García Linares, Sara, Gavilanes, José G., Heras Márquez, Diego, Martínez del Pozo, Álvaro, Palacios Ortega, Juan, Peter, Slotte, Rivera de Torre, Esperanza   +6 more
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Partially Purified Extracts of Sea Anemone Anemonia viridis Affect the Growth and Viability of Selected Tumour Cell Lines

BioMed Research International, Volume 2016, Issue 1, 2016., 2016
In the last few years, marine species have been investigated for the presence of natural products with anticancer activity. Using reversed phase chromatography, low molecular weight proteins were fractionated from the sea anemone Anemonia viridis. Four different fractions were evaluated for their cytotoxic activity by means of erythrocyte haemolysis ...
Matteo Bulati, Alessandra Longo, Tiziana Masullo, Sara Vlah, Carmelo Bennici, Angela Bonura, Monica Salamone, Marcello Tagliavia, Aldo Nicosia, Salvatore Mazzola, Paolo Colombo, Angela Cuttitta, Michael Kalafatis   +12 more
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Roles of Lymphocyte Kv1.3‐Channels in the Pathogenesis of Renal Diseases and Novel Therapeutic Implications of Targeting the Channels

Mediators of Inflammation, Volume 2015, Issue 1, 2015., 2015
Delayed rectifier K+‐channels (Kv1.3) are predominantly expressed in T lymphocytes. Based on patch‐clamp studies, the channels play crucial roles in facilitating the calcium influx necessary to trigger lymphocyte activation and proliferation. Using selective channel inhibitors in experimental animal models, in vivo studies then revealed the clinically ...
Itsuro Kazama, Augusto Vaglio
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Magnificamide, a β-Defensin-Like Peptide from the Mucus of the Sea Anemone Heteractis magnifica, Is a Strong Inhibitor of Mammalian α-Amylases

Marine Drugs, 2019
Sea anemones’ venom is rich in peptides acting on different biological targets, mainly on cytoplasmic membranes and ion channels. These animals are also a source of pancreatic α-amylase inhibitors, which have the ability to control the glucose
Oksana Sintsova, Irina Gladkikh, Aleksandr Kalinovskii, Elena Zelepuga, Margarita Monastyrnaya, Natalia Kim, Lyudmila Shevchenko, Steve Peigneur, Jan Tytgat, Emma Kozlovskaya, Elena Leychenko   +10 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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Scorpion Peptides: Potential Use for New Drug Development

Journal of Toxicology, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
Several peptides contained in scorpion fluids showed diverse array of biological activities with high specificities to their targeted sites. Many investigations outlined their potent effects against microbes and showed their potential to modulate various biological mechanisms that are involved in immune, nervous, cardiovascular, and neoplastic diseases.
BenNasr Hmed, Hammami Turky Serria, Zeghal Khaled Mounir, Robert Tanguay   +3 more
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Extraction systems for isolating esterases having interfacial adsorption

Revista Colombiana de Biotecnología, 2009
Resumen: En el presente trabajo se optimizaron las condiciones de extracción de esterasas con actividad en interfaces, a partir de la anémona marina Stichodactyla helianthus y del camarón peneido Litopenaeus vannamei.
Alberto del Monte Martínez, Jorge González Bacerio, Lázara Romero del Sol, Carlos Aragón Abreu, Fernando Vega Villasante, Héctor Nolasco Soria, Joaquín Díaz Brito   +6 more
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Marine Toxins Targeting Kv1 Channels: Pharmacological Tools and Therapeutic Scaffolds [PDF]

, 2020
Toxins from marine animals provide molecular tools for the study of many ion channels, including mammalian voltage-gated potassium channels of the Kv1 family.
Al-Sabi, Ahmed, Belovanovic, Aleksandra, Finol-Urdaneta, Rocio K., Kinsella, Gemma K, McArthur, Jeffrey R., Micic-Vicovac, Milica   +5 more
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