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Unexpected Distribution of Chitin and Chitin Synthase across Soft-Bodied Cnidarians

Cnidarians are commonly recognized as sea jellies, corals, or complex colonies such as the Portuguese man-of-war. While some cnidarians possess rigid internal calcareous skeletons (e.g., corals), many are soft-bodied. Intriguingly, genes coding for the chitin-biosynthetic enzyme, chitin synthase (CH...

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Autores principales: Vandepas, Lauren E., Tassia, Michael G., Halanych, Kenneth M., Amemiya, Chris T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10216261/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37238647
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom13050777