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Light-enhanced expression of Carbonic Anhydrase 4-like supports shell formation in the fluted giant clam Tridacna squamosa by Chew, Shit F., Koh, Clarissa Z.Y., Hiong, Kum C., Choo, Celine Y.L., Wong, Wai P., Neo, Mei L., Ip, Yuen K.

“…Giant clams represent symbiotic associations between a host clam and its extracellular zooxanthellae. They are able to grow in nutrient-deficient tropical…”
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Drug-Eluting Resorbable Scaffold versus Angioplasty for Infrapopliteal Artery Disease by Varcoe, Ramon L., DeRubertis, Brian G., Kolluri, Raghu, Krishnan, Prakash, Metzger, David C., Bonaca, Marc P., Shishehbor, Mehdi H., Holden, Andrew H., Bajakian, Danielle R., Garcia, Lawrence A., Kum, Steven W.C., Rundback, John, Armstrong, Ehrin, Lee, Jen-Kuang, Khatib, Yazan, Weinberg, Ido, Garcia-Garcia, Hector M., Ruster, Karine, Teraphongphom, Nutte T., Zheng, Yan, Wang, Jin, Jones-McMeans, Jennifer M., Parikh, Sahil A.

“…In a trial involving patients with infrapopliteal artery disease, the use of a drug-eluting resorbable scaffold was superior to angioplasty in reducing…”
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Local adaptation and host specificity to copepod intermediate hosts by the tapeworm Schistocephalus solidus by Shim, Kum C., Peterson, Christopher R., Bolnick, Daniel I.

“…Host–parasite coevolution may lead to patterns of local adaptation in either the host or parasite. For parasites with complex multi‐host life cycles, this…”
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The Whitish Inner Mantle of the Giant Clam, Tridacna squamosa, Expresses an Apical Plasma Membrane Ca2+-ATPase (PMCA) Which Displays Light-Dependent Gene and Protein Expressions by Ip, Yuen K., Hiong, Kum C., Goh, Enan J. K., Boo, Mel V., Choo, Celine Y. L., Ching, Biyun, Wong, Wai P., Chew, Shit F.

“…Giant clams live in symbiosis with extracellular zooxanthellae and display high rates of growth and shell formation (calcification) in light. Light-enhanced…”
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Character displacement in the midst of background evolution in island populations of Anolis lizards: A spatiotemporal perspective by Kamath, Ambika, Herrmann, Nicholas C., Gotanda, Kiyoko M., Shim, Kum C., LaFond, Jacob, Cottone, Gannon, Falkner, Heather, Campbell, Todd S., Stuart, Yoel E.

“…Negative interactions between species can generate divergent selection that causes character displacement. However, other processes cause similar divergence…”
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Molecular characterization, light-dependent expression, and cellular localization of a host vacuolar-type H+-ATPase (VHA) subunit A in the giant clam, Tridacna squamosa, indicate the involvement of the host VHA in the uptake of inorganic carbon and its supply to the symbiotic zooxanthellae by Ip, Yuen K., Hiong, Kum C., Lim, Leon J.Y., Choo, Celine Y.L., Boo, Mel V., Wong, Wai P., Neo, Mei L., Chew, Shit F.

“…The giant clam, Tridacna squamosa, represents a clam-zooxanthellae association. In light, the host clam and the symbiotic zooxanthellae conduct light-enhanced…”
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The inner mantle of the giant clam, Tridacna squamosa, expresses a basolateral Na+/K+-ATPase α-subunit, which displays light-dependent gene and protein expression along the shell-facing epithelium by Boo, Mel V, Hiong, Kum C, Choo, Celine Y L, Cao-Pham, Anh H, Wong, Wai P, Chew, Shit F, Ip, Yuen K

“…Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA) is essential for maintaining the Na+ and K+ gradients, and supporting the secondary active transport of certain ions/molecules, across the…”
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Differential gene expression in the liver of the African lungfish, Protopterus annectens, after 6 months of aestivation in air or 1 day of arousal from 6 months of aestivation by Hiong, Kum C, Ip, Yuen K, Wong, Wai P, Chew, Shit F

“…The African lungfish, Protopterus annectens, can undergo aestivation during drought. Aestivation has three phases: induction, maintenance and arousal. The…”
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Light exposure enhances urea absorption in the fluted giant clam, Tridacna squamosa , and up-regulates the protein abundance of a light-dependent urea active transporter, DUR3-like, in its ctenidium by Chan, Christabel Y L, Hiong, Kum C, Boo, Mel V, Choo, Celine Y L, Wong, Wai P, Chew, Shit F, Ip, Yuen K

“…Giant clams live in nutrient-poor reef waters of the Indo-Pacific and rely on symbiotic dinoflagellates ( spp., also known as zooxanthellae) for nutrients. As…”
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Molecular characterization, cellular localization, and light-enhanced expression of Beta-Na+/H+ Exchanger-like in the whitish inner mantle of the giant clam, Tridacna squamosa, denote its role in light-enhanced shell formation by Cao-Pham, Anh H., Hiong, Kum C., Boo, Mel V., Choo, Celine Y.L., Pang, Caryn Z., Wong, Wai P., Neo, Mei L., Chew, Shit F., Ip, Yuen K.

“…The fluted giant clam, Tridacna squamosa, lives in symbiosis with photosynthetic zooxanthellae, and can engage in light-enhanced growth and shell formation…”
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Phototrophic potential and form II ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase expression in five organs of the fluted giant clam, Tridacna squamosa by Poo, Jeslyn S. T., Choo, Celine Y. L., Hiong, Kum C., Boo, Mel V., Wong, Wai P., Chew, Shit F., Ip, Yuen K.

“…Despite living in oligotrophic tropical waters, giant clams can grow to large sizes because they live in symbiosis with extracellular phototrophic…”
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Shell formation in the giant clam, Tridacna squamosa, may involve an apical Na+/Ca2+ exchanger 3 homolog in the shell-facing epithelium of the whitish inner mantle, which displays light-enhanced gene and protein expression by Boo, Mel V., Hiong, Kum C., Wong, Wai P., Chew, Shit F., Ip, Yuen K.

“…Na + /Ca 2+ exchangers (NCXs) transport one Ca 2+ in exchange for three Na + and may participate in the calcification processes of mammalian osteoblasts and…”
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Increased apical sodium-dependent glucose transporter abundance in the ctenidium of the giant clam Tridacna squamosa upon illumination by Chan, Christabel Y L, Hiong, Kum C, Choo, Celine Y L, Boo, Mel V, Wong, Wai P, Chew, Shit F, Ip, Yuen K

“…Giant clams contain phototrophic zooxanthellae, and live in nutrient-deficient tropical waters where light is available. We obtained the complete cDNA coding…”
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Benefits of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure Patients With Narrow QRS Complexes and Coexisting Systolic Asynchrony by Echocardiography by Yu, Cheuk-Man, Chan, Yat-Sun, Zhang, Qing, Yip, Gabriel W.K., Chan, Chi-Kin, Kum, Leo C.C., Wu, LiWen, Lee, Alex Pui-Wai, Lam, Yat-Yin, Fung, Jeffrey Wing-Hong

“…Benefits of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy for Heart Failure Patients with Narrow QRS Complexes and Coexisting Systolic Asynchrony by Echocardiography…”
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Molecular Characterization of a Dual Domain Carbonic Anhydrase From the Ctenidium of the Giant Clam, Tridacna squamosa , and Its Expression Levels After Light Exposure, Cellular Localization, and Possible Role in the Uptake of Exogenous Inorganic Carbon by Koh, Clarissa Z Y, Hiong, Kum C, Choo, Celine Y L, Boo, Mel V, Wong, Wai P, Chew, Shit F, Neo, Mei L, Ip, Yuen K

“…A ( ) had been sequenced and characterized from the ctenidia (gills) of the giant clam, , which lives in symbiosis with zooxanthellae. was expressed…”
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A light-dependent ammonia-assimilating mechanism in the ctenidia of a giant clam by Hiong, Kum C., Choo, Celine Y. L., Boo, Mel V., Ching, Biyun, Wong, Wai P., Chew, Shit F., Ip, Yuen K.

“…Giant clams harbor symbiotic zooxanthellae and manifest light-enhanced calcification. In light, they also increase the absorption and assimilation of exogenous…”
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Molecular characterization of three Rhesus glycoproteins from the gills of the African lungfish, Protopterus annectens, and effects of aestivation on their mRNA expression levels and protein abundance by Chng, You R, Ong, Jasmine L Y, Ching, Biyun, Chen, Xiu L, Hiong, Kum C, Wong, Wai P, Chew, Shit F, Lam, Siew H, Ip, Yuen K

“…African lungfishes are ammonotelic in water. They can aestivate for long periods on land during drought. During aestivation, the gills are covered with dried…”
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Light-enhanced phosphate absorption in the fluted giant clam, Tridacna squamosa, entails an increase in the expression of sodium-dependent phosphate transporter 2a in its colourful outer mantle by Chan, Christabel Y. L., Hiong, Kum C., Choo, Celine Y. L., Boo, Mel V., Wong, Wai P., Chew, Shit F., Ip, Yuen K.

“…Giant clams live in symbiosis with extracellular dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae) in oligotrophic tropical waters of the Indo-Pacific. Zooxanthellae are found…”
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Molecular characterization of a novel algal glutamine synthetase (GS) and an algal glutamate synthase (GOGAT) from the colorful outer mantle of the giant clam, Tridacna squamosa, and the putative GS-GOGAT cycle in its symbiotic zooxanthellae by Fam, Rachel R.S., Hiong, Kum C., Choo, Celine Y.L., Wong, Wai P., Chew, Shit F., Ip, Yuen K.

“…Giant clams harbor symbiotic zooxanthellae (Symbiodinium), which are nitrogen-deficient, mainly in the fleshy and colorful outer mantle. This study aimed to…”
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Diastolic and systolic asynchrony in patients with diastolic heart failure : A common but ignored condition by YU, Cheuk-Man, QING ZHANG, YIP, Gabriel W. K, LEE, Pui-Wai, KUM, Leo C. C, LAM, Yat-Yin, FUNG, Jeffrey Wing-Hong

“…The present study aimed to examine whether diastolic and systolic asynchrony exist in diastolic heart failure (DHF) and their prevalence and relationship to…”
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