"Hydra" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A genus of freshwater polyps in the family Hydridae, order Hydroida, class HYDROZOA. They are of special interest because of their complex organization and because their adult organization corresponds roughly to the gastrula of higher animals.
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D006829
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.308.485.400
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Conservation of the prohormone convertase gene family in metazoa: analysis of cDNAs encoding a PC3-like protein from hydra. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Aug 01; 89(15):6678-82.