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Steroid metabolism in cnidarians: insights from Nematostella vectensis.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 25 Mar 2009
Tarrant Ann M, Reitzel Adam M, Blomquist Charles H, Haller Ferdinand, Tokarz Janina, Adamski Jerzy
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Cnidarians occupy a key evolutionary position as a sister group to bilaterian animals. While cnidarians contain a diverse complement of steroids, sterols, and other lipid metabolites, relatively little is known of the endogenous steroid metabolism or function in cnidarian tissues. Incubations of...
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