Recruitment of toxin-like proteins with ancestral venom function supports endoparasitic lifestyles of Myxozoa
Cnidarians are the oldest lineage of venomous animals and use nematocysts to discharge toxins. Whether venom toxins have been recruited to support parasitic lifestyles in the Endocnidozoa (Myxozoa + Polypodium) is, however, unknown. To examine this issue we variously employed transcriptomic, proteom...
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PeerJ Inc.
2021-04-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/11208.pdf |