The phenotypic outcome of a mutation cannot be simply mapped onto the underlying DNA variant. Instead, the phenotype is a function of the allele, the genetic background in which it occurs and the environment where the mutational effects are expressed. While the influence of genetic background on the expressivity of individual mutations is recognized, its consequences on the interactions between...

Pecten dijkstrai n. sp. is described from several localities in northern Western Australia. It represents a new, rare example of a tropical member of the genus Pecten. The new species most closely resembles P. excavatus Anton, 1838, previously reported from southern Japan to Indonesia, differing in its smaller size, greater length (antero-posterior dimension), more numerous, lower radial costae...

BACKGROUND The C1q domain containing (C1qDC) proteins refer to a family of all proteins that contain the globular C1q (gC1q) domain, and participate in a series of immune responses depending on their gC1q domains to bind a variety of self and non-self binding ligands. METHODOLOGY In the present study, the mRNA expression patterns, localization, and activities of a C1qDC protein from scallop C...

Monitoring of the impact production activities oil ports on water area in general and hydrobionts living there, particular, is a subject great attention. Some biological characteristics Primorsky scallop, grown by hanging method at experimental site conditions Kozmino bay were studied. Individuals same age different generations subjected to analysis. A comparative study size weight showed that ...

BACKGROUND The heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) is one kind of molecular chaperones, which plays a key role in protein metabolism under normal and stress conditions. METHODOLOGY In the present study, the mRNA expressions of HSP70 under normal physiological condition and after acute heat stress were investigated in gills of two bay scallop populations (Argopecten irradians irradians and A. i. con...

Azaspiracids are a family of lipophilic polyether marine biotoxins that have caused a number of human intoxication incidents in Europe since 1995 following the consumption by consumers of intoxicated shellfish (Mytilus edulis). These azaspiracids have now been identified in mussels (Mytilus chilensis) and scallops (Argopecten purpuratus) from two Chilean locations. This is the first report of t...

Troponin and its Ca(2+)-binding subunit troponin C (TnC) of the Ezo-giant scallop, Patinopecten yessoensis, have been revealed to bind only 1 mol of Ca2+/mol irrespective of the presence and absence of Mg2+. The amino acid sequence of the TnC has been determined by the automated Edman degradation. TnC is composed of 152 residues including 3 tryptophans at positions 53, 70, and 109, 4 cysteines ...

Hemocytes from two adult bivalves, Pecten maximus and Crassostrea gigas, were exposed to 12 different bacterial strains including 2 Alteromonas spp. (U1 and T413), 2 type strains of vibrios (V. anguillarum ATCC 19264 and V. alginolyticus ATCC 17749), 1 vibrio (S322) pathogenic to C. gigas larvae, 2 vibrios (V110 and V117) virulent to Ostrea edulis larvae, and 5 different strains of a same Vibri...

Myosin filaments of muscle are regulated either by phosphorylation of their regulatory light chains or Ca binding to the essential light chains, contributing to on–off switching or modulation of contraction. Phosphorylation-regulated filaments in the relaxed state are characterized by an asymmetric interaction between the two myosin heads, inhibiting their actin binding or ATPase activity. Here...

Background To evaluate if changes in lower incisor position following orthodontic treatment are correlated with development of gingival recessions. Material and Methods Pre- and post-treatment digital models and lateral cephalograms of 22 subjects were collected retrospectively. The clinical crown length, gingival scallop, and papilla height of the central lower incisor were measured along wi...