Molluscan antimicrobial peptides, a review from activity-based evidences to computer-assisted sequences [PDF]
, 2011 Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) represent the most universal immune effectors. Molluscs constitute the second largest animal phylum, after Arthropods, in term of number of species. Only a negligible number has been investigated regarding AMPs.
CAMMARATA, Matteo +4 more
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ACTH in invertebrates: A molecule for all seasons [PDF]
, 2016 In vertebrate and invertebrate models, adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) belongs to the melanocortin group of related peptides, which share a common precursor, pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC).
MALAGOLI, Davide, OTTAVIANI, Enzo
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General-purpose and special-purpose visual systems [PDF]
, 2006 The information that eyes supply supports a wide variety of functions, from the guidance systems that enable an animal to navigate successfully around the environment, to the detection and identification of predators, prey, and conspecifics.
Land, Michael F, Nilsson, Dan-E
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Susceptibility of the Giant African snail (Achatina fulica) exposed to the gastropod parasitic nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita [PDF]
The Giant African snail (Achatina fulica) is a major pest in tropical countries. Current control methods involve the use of slug pellets (metaldehyde) but they are ineffective, therefore new methods of control are needed.
Rae, R, Williams, AJ
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Filling Analytical Gaps in Allergen Detection─Real-Time PCR for the Detection of Commercially Relevant Cephalopods and Gastropods in Food. [PDF]
J Agric Food Chem, 2023 Blaschke V +4 more
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Gut microbiota in parasite-transmitting gastropods. [PDF]
Infect Dis Poverty, 2023 Li P +8 more
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Biological activities of gastropods secretions: snail and slug slime. [PDF]
Nat Prod Bioprospect, 2023 Rashad M, Sampò S, Cataldi A, Zara S.
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Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) uses its shell as a defence mechanism to trap and kill parasitic nematodes [PDF]
Slugs and snails are parasitised by a range of organisms including nematodes, bacteria, microsporidia, mites and flies (Barker, 2004). Of these, the nematodes are the most numerous and diverse as 108 species have evolved to parasitise molluscs (Grewal et
Rae, R, Williams, A
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Morphology and histology of the digestive gland of Oxychilus (Drouetia) atlanticus (Morelet & Drouët) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). [PDF]
, 2001 Little information exists on the histology of Zonitidae digestive system. This study deals with a detailed characterization of the different types of cells comprising epithelium lining the digestive gland of 0xychilus atlanticus.
Lopes, Marco +2 more
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, 2017 A review of research on land mollusc middens with a circum- Mediterranean emphasis and drawing particularly on the detailed analysis of a very large Late Pleistocene Iberomaurusian midden at Taforalt, Morocco dated between 20 thousand and 12600 cal BP.
Bell, Martin, Taylor, V. K.
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