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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2013-10-01
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Series: | Marine Drugs |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/11/11/4213 |