Wrapping the alpha-crystallin domain fold in a chaperone assembly [PDF]
, 2005 Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) are oligomers that perform a protective function by binding denatured proteins. Although ubiquitous, they are of variable sequence except for a C-terminal similar to 90-residue "alpha-crystallin domain".
Basha +57 more
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To Be or Not to Be a Flatworm: The Acoel Controversy
PLoS ONE, 2009 Since first described, acoels were considered members of the flatworms (Platyhelminthes). However, no clear synapomorphies among the three large flatworm taxa -- the Catenulida, the Acoelomorpha and the Rhabditophora -- have been characterized to date.
Egger, Bernhard +24 more
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Region-specific regulation of stem cell-driven regeneration in tapeworms
eLife, 2019 Tapeworms grow at rates rivaling the fastest-growing metazoan tissues. To propagate they shed large parts of their body; to replace these lost tissues they regenerate proglottids (segments) as part of normal homeostasis.
Tania Rozario +4 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 We sequenced the complete mitogenome of the invasive flatworm Parakontikia ventrolineata (Platyhelminthes, order Tricladida, family Geoplanidae). The genome is 17,210 bp long, and displays common unusual characteristics shared with Platydemus manokwari ...
Romain Gastineau, Jean-Lou Justine
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The Echinococcus canadensis (G7) genome: A key knowledge of parasitic platyhelminth human diseases [PDF]
, 2017 Background: The parasite Echinococcus canadensis (G7) (phylum Platyhelminthes, class Cestoda) is one of the causative agents of echinococcosis. Echinococcosis is a worldwide chronic zoonosis affecting humans as well as domestic and wild mammals, which ...
A Bankevich +109 more
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Use of freeze-cracking in ontogenetic research in Macrostomum lignano (Macrostomida, Rhabditophora) [PDF]
, 2009 A method for studying whole mount flatworm embryos based on freeze-cracking of the eggs is described. This method allows successful immunohistological and immunocytological studies of whole mount embryos.
Artois, Tom +6 more
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Genome-wide analyses reveal a role for peptide hormones in planarian germline development. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2010 Bioactive peptides (i.e., neuropeptides or peptide hormones) represent the largest class of cell-cell signaling molecules in metazoans and are potent regulators of neural and physiological function.
James J Collins +7 more
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The regenerative flatworm Macrostomum lignano, a model organism with high experimental potential [PDF]
, 2018 Understanding the process of regeneration has been one of the longstanding scientific aims, from a fundamental biological perspective, as well as within the applied context of regenerative medicine.
Berezikov, Eugene +3 more
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Including planocerid flatworms in the diet effectively toxifies the pufferfish, Takifugu niphobles
Scientific Reports, 2018 Beginning with the larval stages, marine pufferfish such as Takifugu niphobles contain tetrodotoxin (TTX), an extremely potent neurotoxin. Although highly concentrated TTX has been detected in adults and juveniles of these fish, the source of the toxin ...
Shiro Itoi +13 more
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Intracellular immunohistochemical detection of tetrodotoxin in Pleurobranchaea maculata (Gastropoda) and Stylochoplana sp. (Turbellaria) [PDF]
, 2015 Tetrodotoxin (TTX), is a potent neurotoxin targeting sodium channels that has been identified in multiple marine and terrestrial organisms. It was recently detected in the Opisthobranch Pleurobranchaea maculata and a Platyhelminthes Stylochoplana sp ...
Cary, S. Craig +3 more
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