A sea anemone's environment affects discharge of its isolated nematocysts

An Ultrahigh-Speed Analysis of Exocytosis: Nematocyst Discharge

Thomas W. Holstein, Pierre Tardent · Science · 1984 · 269 citations

Life Sciences, Biophysics, Cell Biology +7

The cnidarian cnidocyte, a hightech cellular weaponry

Pierre Tardent · BioEssays · 1995 · 170 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Marine Biology +16

Novel role of calcium in exocytosis: mechanism of nematocyst discharge as shown by x-ray microanalysis.

Roger Lubbock, Brij L. Gupta, T. A. Hall · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1981 · 104 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biophysics, Physiology +16

Removal of bound calcium from nematocyst contents causes discharge

Roger Lubbock, William Amos · Nature · 1981 · 87 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Calcium Homeostasis +11

Nematocysts (stinging capsules of <i>Cnidaria</i>) as Donnan‐potential‐dominated osmotic systems

European Journal of Biochemistry · 1989 · 79 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Physiology +14