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Hydralysins, a new category of beta-pore-forming toxins in cnidaria.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 17 Jun 2005
Sher Daniel, Fishman Yelena, Zhang Mingliang, Lebendiker Mario, Gaathon Ariel, Mancheño José-Miguel, Zlotkin Eliahu
Abstract excerpt
Cnidaria are venomous animals that produce diverse protein and polypeptide toxins, stored and delivered into the prey through the stinging cells, the nematocytes. These include pore-forming cytolytic toxins such as well studied actinoporins. In this work, we have shown that the non-nematocystic paralytic toxins, hydralysins, from the green hydra Chlorohydra viridissima comprise a highly diverse group of...
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