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