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First synthesis of 3,16,20-polyoxygenated cholestanes, new cytotoxic steroids from the gorgonian Leptogorgia sarmentosa.

Horizontal gene transfer and the evolution of cnidarian stinging cells.

Enhanced photoprotection pathways in symbiotic dinoflagellates of shallow-water corals and other cnidarians.

Fish immune response to Myxozoan parasites.

Evolution of complex structures: minicollagens shape the cnidarian nematocyst

A real-time polymerase chain reaction assay for the detection of the myxozoan parasite Henneguya ictaluri in channel catfish.

Nitric oxide signaling pathways at neural level in invertebrates: Functional implications in cnidarians

Light and electron microscopic study on Henneguya suprabranchiae Landsberg, 1987 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) infecting Oreochromis niloticus, a new host record.

Skin prick test of Kudoa sp. antigens in patients with gastrointestinal and/or allergic symptoms related to fish ingestion.

Bleaching susceptibility and mortality of corals are determined by fine-scale differences in symbiont type.

Four new species of Ceratomyxa Thelohan 1892 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea: Ceratomyxidae) infecting the gallbladder of some Red Sea fishes.

Anisakis simplex and Kudoa sp.: evaluation of specific antibodies in appendectomized patients.

Variability in triactinomyxon production from Tubifex tubifex populations from the same mitochondrial DNA lineage infected with Myxobolus cerebralis, the causative agent of whirling disease in salmonids.

Differences in viability and reactivity of actinospores of three myxozoan species upon ageing.

Cell-cell adhesion in the cnidaria: insights into the evolution of tissue morphogenesis.

Effects of freezing, drying, ultraviolet irradiation, chlorine, and quaternary ammonium treatments on the infectivity of myxospores of Myxobolus cerebralis for Tubifex tubifex.

The germ plasm component Vasa allows tracing of the interstitial stem cells in the cnidarian Hydractinia echinata.

Description of a new species of Myxobolus (Myxozoa: myxobolidae) based on morphological and molecular data.

Histopathological changes caused by Enteromyxum leei infection in farmed sea bream Sparus aurata.

Chronic exposure to the parasite Enteromyxum leei (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) modulates the immune response and the expression of growth, redox and immune relevant genes in gilthead sea bream, Sparus aurata L.