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A molecular filter for the cnidarian stinging response

All animals detect and integrate diverse environmental signals to mediate behavior. Cnidarians, including jellyfish and sea anemones, both detect and capture prey using stinging cells called nematocytes which fire a venom-covered barb via an unknown triggering mechanism. Here, we show that nematocyt...

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Autores principales: Weir, Keiko, Dupre, Christophe, van Giesen, Lena, Lee, Amy S-Y, Bellono, Nicholas W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7250568/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32452384
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.57578