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Molluscan Compounds Provide Drug Leads for the Treatment and Prevention of Respiratory Disease

Marine Drugs, 2020
Respiratory diseases place an immense burden on global health and there is a compelling need for the discovery of new compounds for therapeutic development.
Kate Summer, Jessica Browne, Lei Liu, Kirsten Benkendorff   +3 more
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Biophysical characterization of the structural stability of Helix lucorum hemocyanin

Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2021
The structural stability of the hеmocyanin purified from the hеmolymph of gаrden snаils Helix lucorum (HlH) was investigated by means of far-UV circular dichroism (CD), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM ...
Krassimira Idakieva, Svetla Todinova, Aleksandar Dolashki, Lyudmila Velkova, Yuliana Raynova, Pavlina Dolashka   +5 more
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Hemocyanin-derived phenoloxidase activity is dependent on dodecameric structure in shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei [PDF]

Archives of Biological Sciences, 2015
Hemocyanin (Hc) is a multifunctional protein in both mollusks and arthropods. Phenoloxidase (PO) activities are the most important physiological functions for Hcs after conversion.
Wang Ke-Zhou, Wen Liang-You, Ye Zhi-Cang, Wu Hai-Gang, Pan Jian-Yi   +4 more
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Correlated effects of selection for immunity in White Leghorn chicken lines on natural antibodies and specific antibody responses to KLH and M. butyricum [PDF]

, 2008
Background The effect of selection for three general immune response traits on primary antibody responses (Ab) to Mycobacterium butyricum or keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH) was studied in four experimental lines of White Leghorn chicken.
Gourichon, David, Pinard-van der Laan Marie-Helen, Bertrand Bed'hom, Francis Minvielle, H. K. Parmentier, Gourichon David, Nieuwland, M.G.B., F. Minvielle, Pinard-van Der Laan, Marie-Hélène, G. Minozzi, Sandrine Mignon-Grasteau, Nieuwland Mike GB, Henk K Parmentier, Parmentier, Henk K., Nieuwland, Mike G.B., Gourichon, D., Mignon-Grasteau, Sandrine,, Mignon-Grasteau, S., Mignon-Grasteau Sandrine, Parmentier Henk K, Minvielle Francis, Marie-Helen Pinard-van der Laan, Minozzi, Giulietta, Mike GB Nieuwland, Mignon-Grasteau, Sandrine, M. G. B. Nieuwland, Parmentier, H.K., Nieuwland, Mike GB, Bed'hom Bertrand, Grasteau, Sandrine, B. Bed'Hom, Minvielle, Francis, Pinard-van der Laan, M.H., Giulietta Minozzi, David Gourichon, Pinard-van der Laan, Marie-Helen, Minozzi, G., M. Pinard van der Laan, Parmentier, Henk, Bed'Hom, Bertrand, D. Gourichon, S. Mignon Grasteau, Minvielle, F., Pinard Van Der Laan, Marie-Hélène, Minozzi Giulietta, Bed'hom, B.   +45 more
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Embryonic and post-embryonic development of the spider Polybetes pythagoricus (Sparassidae): A biochemical point of view

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022
Analysis of energy expense during development has achieved special interest through time on account of the crucial role of the consumption of resources required for offspring survival.
SOFIA ROMERO, ALDANA LAINO, GABRIEL MOLINA, MONICA CUNNINGHAM, CARLOS FERNANDO GARCIA   +4 more
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Antioxidant activity of fractions isolated from hemolymph of garden snail Helix lucorum [PDF]

Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research, 2021
Context: The snail hemolymph is a multi-component mixture comprising various substances with pharmacological activity. Aims: To evaluate the antioxidant activity of hemocyanin and fractions isolated of hemolymph from garden snail Helix lucorum ...
Albena Alexandrova, Lubomir Petrov, Lyudmila Velkova, Aleksander Dolashki, Elina Tsvetanova, Almira Georgieva, Pavlina Dolashka   +6 more
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Protein-Level Evidence of Novel β-Type Hemocyanin and Heterogeneous Subunit Usage in the Pacific Whiteleg Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
The functional diversity of crustacean hemocyanins is broad, encompassing O2 delivery, innate immune response, metabolite storage, and osmolyte balance, all in a heterogeneous protein structure.
Jason Wang, Michael Gregory Janech, Karen Gray Burnett   +2 more
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Association-dissociation of Helix pomatia alpha-hemocyanin [PDF]

, 1973
α-Hemocyanin from the snail Helix pomatia is a large, highly organized multi-subunit protein, which possesses the ability to bind oxygen reversibly. In the electron microscope the protein is seen as a hollow cylinder.
Siezen, Roelant Jan
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Quantification and discovery of PCR inhibitors found in food matrices commonly associated with foodborne viruses

Food Science and Human Wellness, 2019
Human norovirus is the leading cause of foodborne illness globally. Detection and quantification of norovirus commonly involves the use of reverse transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR); however, the presence of inhibitory ...
Cassandra Suther, Matthew D. Moore
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Molluscan mega-hemocyanin: an ancient oxygen carrier tuned by a ~550 kDa polypeptide

Frontiers in Zoology, 2010
Background The allosteric respiratory protein hemocyanin occurs in gastropods as tubular di-, tri- and multimers of a 35 × 18 nm, ring-like decamer with a collar complex at one opening. The decamer comprises five subunit dimers.
Harasewych Myroslaw G, Hellmann Nadja, Depoix Frank, Gatsogiannis Christos, Gebauer Wolfgang, Lieb Bernhard, Strong Ellen E, Markl Jürgen   +7 more
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