Fig. 7. Partial amino acid sequence of vesicle-associated membrane protein (VAMP) identified by PCR in gills of the shore crab Carcinus maenas aligned with VAMP sequences from fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster (GenBank Accession No. AAF47529), nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (GenBank Accession No. AAB61234), seahare Aplysia californica (GenBank Accession No. U00997), sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (GenBank Accession No. AAB67799) and African frog Xenopus laevis (GenBank Accession No. P47193).