Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Tunicata Order Aplousobranchia Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Class Ascidiacea Family Didemnidae | |
Similar Didemnum molle, Didemnidae, Didemnum, Aplousobranchia, Micromonospora | ||
Didemnum proliferum is a rare species of sea squirt in the family Didemnidae.
Research
Didemnum proliferum is of medical interest as it contains shishijimicin molecules, which have been seen to have potent anti-tumor activity in HeLa cells at picomolar concentrations. Shishijimicin A was recently synthesized.
References
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