Evidence of Accelerated Evolution and Ectodermal-Specific Expression of Presumptive BDS Toxin cDNAs from Anemonia viridis

Anemonia viridis is a widespread and extensively studied Mediterranean species of sea anemone from which a large number of polypeptide toxins, such as blood depressing substances (BDS) peptides, have been isolated. The first members of this class, BDS-1 and BDS-2, are polypeptides belonging to the β...

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Main Authors: Aldo Nicosia, Teresa Maggio, Salvatore Mazzola, Angela Cuttitta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-10-01
Series:Marine Drugs
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/11/11/4213