The Holothuria leucospilota genome elucidates sacrificial organ expulsion and bioadhesive trap enriched with amyloid-patterned proteins.
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2213512120
Abstract: Some tropical sea cucumbers of the family Holothuriidae can efficiently repel or even fatally ensnare predators by sacrificially ejecting a bioadhesive matrix termed the Cuvierian organ (CO), so named by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier… read more here.
Keywords: elucidates sacrificial; genome; holothuria leucospilota; leucospilota genome ... See more keywords