Ectosymbionts of the Sea Anemone Stichodactyla gigantea at Kosrae, Micronesia
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Purification and Characterization of Gigantoxin-4, a New Actinoporin from the Sea Anemone Stichodactyla Gigantea
A new Cytolysin, termed as Gigantoxin-4, was isolated from the sea anemone Stichodactyla gigantea and found to be highly homologous with Cytolysin-3 (HMg III) from Heteractis magnifica, RTX-A from Radianthus macrodactylus, and Sticholysin-1 (St I) and Sticholysin-2 (St II) from Stichodactyla helianthus (homology 82%, 86%, 82% and 86% respectively). Its 20 N-terminal residues were identified and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2234-6953
DOI: 10.5635/ased.2016.32.2.112