Conkazal-M1 from the MKAVA family of conotoxins: A dual-function protease inhibitor and neuroactive peptide. [PDF]
Protein SciAbstract Marine cone snails produce a diverse array of bioactive peptides, known as conotoxins, in their venom. Given their high target potency and specificity, conotoxins are attractive compounds for the development of precision research tools and pharmacological agents.
Hackney CM +12 more
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Proteomics Studies on the three Larval Stages of Development and Metamorphosis of Babylonia areolata. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2018 The ivory shell, Babylonia areolata, is a commercially important aquaculture species in the southeast coast of mainland China. The middle veliger stage, later veliger stage, and juvenile stage are distinct larval stages in B. areolata development.
Shen M +8 more
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A method for quantifying, visualising, and analysing gastropod shell form [PDF]
, 2014 Quantitative analysis of organismal form is an important component for almost every branch of biology. Although generally considered an easily-measurable structure, the quantification of gastropod shell form is still a challenge because shells lack ...
Thor-Seng Liew, Menno Schilthuizen
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, an early Cambrian stem gastropod with chaetae: lophotrochozoan heritage and conchiferan novelty [PDF]
, 2020 Exceptionally well-preserved impressions of two bundles of bristles protrude from the apertures of small, spiral shells of Pelagiella exigua, recovered from the Kinzers Formation (Cambrian, Stage 4, "Olenellus Zone", ~ 512 Ma) of Pennsylvania.
Matt, Kerry +6 more
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Neuromuscular development of Aeolidiella stephanieae Valdez, 2005 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Studies on the development of the nervous system and the musculature of invertebrates have become more sophisticated and numerous within the last decade and have proven to provide new insights into the evolutionary history of organisms.
Annette Klussmann-Kolb +5 more
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A method for quantifying, visualising, and analysing gastropod shell form [PDF]
, 2013 Quantitative analysis of organismal form is an important component for almost every branch of biology. Although generally considered an easily-measurable structure, the quantification of gastropod shell form is still a challenge because shells lack ...
Thor-Seng Liew, Menno Schilthuizen
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A morphological and structural study of the larval shell from the abalone Haliotis tuberculata [PDF]
, 2008 International audienceThe larval shell of the marine gastropod Haliotis tuberculata was investigated by polarised light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, Raman microspectroscopy and infra-red spectroscopy.
Martin, Madeleine +9 more
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Conservation of ParaHox genes' function in patterning of the digestive tract of the marine gastropod Gibbula varia [PDF]
, 2010 Background: Presence of all three ParaHox genes has been described in deuterostomes and lophotrochozoans, but to date one of these three genes, Xlox has not been reported from any ecdysozoan taxa and both Xlox and Gsx are absent in nematodes.
Leyli Samadi +3 more
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MICROMORPHOLOGY AND GENE EXPRESSION IN MUSCLE AND SHELL DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOLLUSCA [PDF]
, 2001 This work comprises detailed studies by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), fluorescence staining combined with confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), as well as serial sectioning analyses and reconstruction ...
Wanninger, Andreas
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Theonella maricae Hall & Ekins & Hooper 2014, n. sp. [PDF]
, 2014 Theonella maricae n. sp. Figs 1, 4–5 Material examined. Holotype: QM G331427 (=SBD513035), Australia, Great Barrier Reef, inter-reef sea floor, south-east of Guthrie Shoal, 23.095°S 151.875°E, 28.0 m (depth), coll.
Ekins, Merrick G. +2 more
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