title: Relationship between hemolytic molecules in Eisenia fetida earthworms.
abstract: The coelomic fluid of the earthworm Eisenia fetida has been reported to contain a variety of proteins causing the lysis of red blood cells-EFAF (Eisenia fetida andrei factor), fetidin, lysenin, eiseniapore, and hemolysins isolated either from coelomic fluid (H1, H2, H3) or from cell lysate (CL(39) and CL(41)). We document the presence of two distinct genes with a high level of homology. These genes encode fetidin and lysenin but their level of expression differs in individual E. fetida andrei animals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic. kohler@biomed.cas.cz
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Procházková
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silerová
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Felsberg
authors.forename: Radka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Josková
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beschin
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Baetselier
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bilej
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006461:Hemolysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009835:Oligochaeta / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014118:Toxins, Biological
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011506:Proteins; D014118:Toxins, Biological; C103929:fetidin; C107040:lysenin