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Speract

speract
sea urchin peptide hormone, from the jelly coat of the eggs of the sea urchins Strongylocentrotus purpuratus and Hemicentrotus pulcherrinus, affecting motility and metabolism. Receptor is a plasma membrane guanylate cyclase.


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