Table 2. Physiological functions of DUOXS in non-mammalians.
Organism | DUOX | Function | References |
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Homologue | |||
Sea urchin egg | Udx1 | Fertilization | Wong et al., 2004 |
Caenorhabditis elegans | BLI-3 (Duox1) | Stabilization of the cuticular extracellular matrix | Edens et al., 2001 |
Host defense | van der Hoeven et al., 2011 | ||
Drosophila melanogaster | dDuox | Host defense | Anh et al., 2011 |
Zebrafish | Duox | Host defense | Flores et al., 2010 |