Phases of the Mechanism for the Stinging Organelle (IMAGE)

Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Phases of the Mechanism for the Stinging Organelle

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Fluorescent microscopy (top) and model (bottom) show the mechanism for the sea anemone’s stinging organelle in three distinct phases.

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Image courtesy of the Gibson Lab, Stowers Institute for Medical Research.

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