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Hemocyanin of the caenogastropod Pomacea canaliculata exhibits evolutionary differences among gastropod clades by Chiumiento, Ignacio Rafael, Ituarte, Santiago, Sun, Jin, Qiu, Jian Wen, Heras, Horacio, Dreon, Marcos Sebastián

“…Structural knowledge of gastropod hemocyanins is scarce. To better understand their evolution and diversity we studied the hemocyanin of a caenogastropod,…”
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The role of the proteinase inhibitor ovorubin in apple snail eggs resembles plant embryo defense against predation by Dreon, Marcos Sebastián, Ituarte, Santiago, Heras, Horacio

“…Fieldwork has thoroughly established that most eggs are intensely predated. Among the few exceptions are the aerial egg clutches from the aquatic snail Pomacea…”
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Novel animal defenses against predation: a snail egg neurotoxin combining lectin and pore-forming chains that resembles plant defense and bacteria attack toxins by Dreon, Marcos Sebastián, Frassa, María Victoria, Ceolín, Marcelo, Ituarte, Santiago, Qiu, Jian-Wen, Sun, Jin, Fernández, Patricia E, Heras, Horacio

“…Although most eggs are intensely predated, the aerial egg clutches from the aquatic snail Pomacea canaliculata have only one reported predator due to…”
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AmpuBase: a transcriptome database for eight species of apple snails (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) by Ip, Jack C H, Mu, Huawei, Chen, Qian, Sun, Jin, Ituarte, Santiago, Heras, Horacio, Van Bocxlaer, Bert, Ganmanee, Monthon, Huang, Xin, Qiu, Jian-Wen

“…Gastropoda, with approximately 80,000 living species, is the largest class of Mollusca. Among gastropods, apple snails (family Ampullariidae) are globally…”
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A lectin of a non-invasive apple snail as an egg defense against predation alters the rat gut morphophysiology by Ituarte, Santiago, Brola, Tabata Romina, Fernández, Patricia Elena, Mu, Huawei, Qiu, Jian-Wen, Heras, Horacio, Dreon, Marcos Sebastián

“…The eggs of the freshwater Pomacea apple snails develop above the water level, exposed to varied physical and biological stressors. Their high hatching success…”
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Egg perivitelline fluid of the invasive snail Pomacea canaliculata affects mice gastrointestinal function and morphology by Giglio, Matías, Garro, Cintia, Caviedes-Vidal, Enrique, Heras, Horacio

“…Species beloging to the genus (Ampullariidae), often referred as apple snails, are freshwater, amphibious snails native to South, Central and North America…”
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Novel Role for Animal Innate Immune Molecules: Enterotoxic Activity of a Snail Egg MACPF-Toxin by Giglio, Matías L, Ituarte, Santiago, Ibañez, Andrés E, Dreon, Marcos S, Prieto, Eduardo, Fernández, Patricia E, Heras, Horacio

“…Gastropod Molluscs rely exclusively on the innate immune system to protect from pathogens, defending their embryos through maternally transferred effectors. In…”
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Agglutinating activity and structural characterization of scalarin, the major egg protein of the snail Pomacea scalaris (d'Orbigny, 1832) by Ituarte, Santiago, Dreon, Marcos Sebastián, Ceolin, Marcelo, Heras, Horacio

“…Apple snail perivitellins are emerging as ecologically important reproductive proteins. To elucidate if the protective functions of the egg proteins of Pomacea…”
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Insights into embryo defenses of the invasive apple snail Pomacea canaliculata: egg mass ingestion affects rat intestine morphology and growth by Dreon, Marcos S, Fernández, Patricia E, Gimeno, Eduardo J, Heras, Horacio

“…The spread of the invasive snail Pomacea canaliculata is expanding the rat lungworm disease beyond its native range. Their toxic eggs have virtually no…”
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Dataset for the proteomic and transcriptomic analyses of perivitelline fluid proteins in Pomacea snail eggs by Mu, Huawei, Sun, Jin, Heras, Horacio, Chu, Ka Hou, Qiu, Jian-Wen

“…This article describes how the proteomic and transcriptomic data were produced during a study of the reproductive proteins of Pomacea maculata, an aquatic…”
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Role of anionic phospholipids in the adaptation of Bacillus subtilis to high salinity by Lopez, Claudia S, Alice, Alejandro F, Heras, Horacio, Rivas, Emilio A, Sanchez-Rivas, Carmen

“…1 Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales de la Universidad de Buenos Aires, Departamento de Química Biológica, Ciudad Universitaria Pabellón II 1428, Buenos…”
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Osmotic response in Lactobacillus casei ATCC 393: biochemical and biophysical characteristics of membrane by Machado, M.Cecilia, López, Claudia S, Heras, Horacio, Rivas, Emilio A

“…The biochemical and biophysical properties of the membrane and some general characteristics of the response of Lactobacillus casei ATCC 393 (reclassified…”
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Phylogenetic variations in a novel family of hyperstable apple snail egg proteins: insights into structural stability and functional trends by Pasquevich, María Y, Dreon, Marcos S, Diupotex-Chong, María E, Heras, Horacio

“…The relationship between protein stability and functional evolution is little explored in proteins purified from natural sources. Here, we investigated a novel…”
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A highly stable, non-digestible lectin from Pomacea diffusa unveils clade-related protection systems in apple snail eggs by Brola, Tabata R, Dreon, Marcos S, Qiu, Jian-Wen, Heras, Horacio

“…The acquisition of egg protection is vital for species survival. Poisonous eggs from apple snails have defensive macromolecules for protection. Here we…”
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An integrated proteomic and transcriptomic analysis of perivitelline fluid proteins in a freshwater gastropod laying aerial eggs by Mu, Huawei, Sun, Jin, Heras, Horacio, Chu, Ka Hou, Qiu, Jian-Wen

“…Proteins of the egg perivitelline fluid (PVF) that surrounds the embryo are critical for embryonic development in many animals, but little is known about their…”
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Signatures of Divergence, Invasiveness, and Terrestrialization Revealed by Four Apple Snail Genomes by Sun, Jin, Mu, Huawei, Ip, Jack C H, Li, Runsheng, Xu, Ting, Accorsi, Alice, Sánchez Alvarado, Alejandro, Ross, Eric, Lan, Yi, Sun, Yanan, Castro-Vazquez, Alfredo, Vega, Israel A, Heras, Horacio, Ituarte, Santiago, Van Bocxlaer, Bert, Hayes, Kenneth A, Cowie, Robert H, Zhao, Zhongying, Zhang, Yu, Qian, Pei-Yuan, Qiu, Jian-Wen

“…The family Ampullariidae includes both aquatic and amphibious apple snails. They are an emerging model for evolutionary studies due to the high diversity,…”
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Apple Snail Perivitellin Precursor Properties Help Explain Predators’ Feeding Behavior by Cadierno, María Pilar, Dreon, Marcos Sebastián, Heras, Horacio

“…In contrast with vitellogenin maturation, it is unknown whether gastropod perivitellin precursors are subject to large structural changes. The gastropod…”
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Understanding the transition from water to land: Insights from multi-omic analyses of the perivitelline fluid of apple snail eggs by Ip, Jack C.H., Mu, Huawei, Zhang, Yanjie, Sun, Jin, Heras, Horacio, Chu, Ka Hou, Qiu, Jian-Wen

“…Unlike most of the freshwater gastropod families, the family Ampullariidae includes members that exhibit both underwater and aerial oviposition, making it an…”
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Egg perivitelline fluid proteome of a freshwater snail: Insight into the transition from aquatic to terrestrial egg deposition by Ip, Jack C.H., Mu, Huawei, Zhang, Yanjie, Heras, Horacio, Qiu, Jian‐Wen

“…Rationale Proteins from the egg perivitelline fluid (PVF) are assumed to play critical roles in embryonic development, but for many groups of animals their…”
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Biochemical and morphological features of the uropygial gland of the Chilean Flamingo and their functional implications by Chiale, María Cecilia, Cadierno, María Pilar, Fernández, Patricia, Mijailovsky, Sergio, Heras, Horacio, Barbeito, Claudio, Montalti, Diego

“…[Display omitted] •First study to analize in detail the uropygial gland (UG) of a flamingo species.•The uropygial gland of the Chilean Flamingo has a heart…”
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