Molecular tuning of sea anemone stinging

Jellyfish and sea anemones fire single-use, venom-covered barbs to immobilize prey or predators. We previously showed that the anemone Nematostella vectensis uses a specialized voltage-gated calcium (CaV) channel to trigger stinging in response to synergistic prey-derived chemicals and touch (Weir e...

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Main Authors: Lily S He, Yujia Qi, Corey AH Allard, Wendy A Valencia-Montoya, Stephanie P Krueger, Keiko Weir, Agnese Seminara, Nicholas W Bellono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2023-10-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/88900