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The skeletal amino acid composition of the marine demosponge Aplysina cavernicola

The skeletal amino acid composition of the marine demosponge Aplysina cavernicola

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8354ced2ab8744f49da47178b73a61f6

The skeletal amino acid composition of the marine demosponge Aplysina cavernicola

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The skeletal amino acid composition of the marine demosponge Aplysina cavernicola

Publisher

Switzerland: MDPI AG

Journal title

Marine drugs, 2014-08, Vol.12 (8), p.4417-4438

Language

English

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Switzerland: MDPI AG

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Contents

It has been discovered during the past few years that demosponges of the order Verongida such as Aplysina cavernicola exhibit chitin-based skeletons. Verongida sponges are well known to produce bioactive brominated tyrosine derivatives. We could recently demonstrate that brominated compounds do not exclusively occur in the cellular matrix but also...

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The skeletal amino acid composition of the marine demosponge Aplysina cavernicola

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8354ced2ab8744f49da47178b73a61f6

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_8354ced2ab8744f49da47178b73a61f6

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1660-3397

E-ISSN

1660-3397

DOI

10.3390/md12084417

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