Search Results - "Maddrell, Simon"
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Limitation of size by hypoxia in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster
Published in Journal of experimental zoology. Part A, Comparative experimental biology (01-11-2005)“…The size of an organism is of fundamental importance in all biological processes. It dictates many of the critical interactions and physical factors that…”
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Hormonally controlled chloride movement across Drosophila tubules is via ion channels in stellate cells
Published in The American journal of physiology (01-04-1998)“…Anion conductance across the Drosophila melanogaster Malpighian (renal) tubule was investigated by a combination of physiological and transgenic techniques…”
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Amino acids modulate ion transport and fluid secretion by insect Malpighian tubules
Published in Journal of experimental biology (01-01-2003)“…Insect haemolymph typically contains very high levels of free amino acids. This study shows that amino acids can modulate the secretion of ions and water by…”
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Fluid reabsorption and ion transport by the lower Malpighian tubules of adult female Drosophila
Published in Journal of experimental biology (01-08-1995)“…The properties of the Malpighian tubules of Drosophila melanogaster change along their length. The upstream main segments secrete K(+)-rich fluid at a high…”
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Insect homeostasis: past and future
Published in Journal of experimental biology (01-02-2009)“…Most of my work has been on the hormonal control of fluid secretion by insect Malpighian tubules. My present purpose is mostly to describe some previously…”
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Dual Origin of the Renal Tubules in Drosophila
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H⁺ V-ATPases Energize Animal Plasma Membranes for Secretion and Absorption of Ions and Fluids
Published in American zoologist (01-06-1998)“…H⁺ V-ATPases are well known energizers of endomembranes; thus they play a key role in the acidification of vacuoles and vesicles. More recently it has become…”
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Where it all began (nearly). 1969
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Active transport of water by insect Malpighian tubules
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The miracle of sand dams
Published in Appropriate technology (01-06-2010)“…Kenya, millions of people who live in rural areas don't have easy access to clean water. The NGO, Excellent Development, is working to make this water readily…”
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Dual Origin of the Renal Tubules in Drosophila: Mesodermal Cells Integrate and Polarize to Establish Secretory Function
Published in Current biology (17-06-2003)“…Organs are made up of cells from separate origins, whose development and differentiation must be integrated to produce a physiologically coherent structure…”
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Obituary: Professor Sir Vincent Wigglesworth, C.B.E., M.D., F.R.S
Published in Journal of experimental biology (01-01-1995)“…Vincent Wigglesworth, editor of the "Journal of Experimental Biology" from 1955 to 1974, died on Feb 13, 1994 at the age of 94. The work for which he will be…”
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The malpighian tubules of Drosophila melanogaster: a novel phenotype for studies of fluid secretion and its control
Published in Journal of experimental biology (01-12-1994)“…A study found that the insect Malpighian tubules of Drosophila melanogaster possess comparable transport mechanisms with the tubules of other insects. The D…”
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Mechanism of Insecticide-induced Diuresis in Rhodnius
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The MalpighianC Tubules Of Drosophila Melanogaster : A Novel Phenotype For Studies Of Fluid Secretion And Its Control
Published in Journal of experimental biology (01-12-1994)“…ABSTRACT The insect renal (Malpighian) tubule has long been a model system for the study of fluid secretion and its neurohormonal control (Maddrell, 1981;…”
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Neuropeptide stimulation of the nitric oxide signaling pathway in Drosophila melanogaster Malpighian tubules
Published in The American journal of physiology (01-08-1997)“…Activation of the nitric oxide (NO) and guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) signaling pathway stimulates fluid secretion by the Drosophila melanogaster…”
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James Arthur Ramsay, 6 September 1909 - 5 February 1988
Published in Biographical memoirs of fellows of the Royal Society (01-12-1990)“…Arthur Ramsay was born in 1909 in Ayrshire and died with his wife on a train from Inverness to London on 5 February 1988. What he achieved in his lifetime…”
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A Discussion on active transport of salts and water in living tissues - Fluid secretion by the Malpighian tubules of insects
Published in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences (20-08-1971)“…Malpighian tubules of insects typically secrete an iso-osmotic fluid by a process which is thought to involve the following: (1) Potassium ions enter the…”
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Changes in hormone activity of single neurosecretory cell bodies during a physiological secretion cycle
Published in Brain research (09-02-1979)“…Single neurosecretory cell bodies were dissected from the ventral ganglionic mass of Rhodnius prolixus, lysed in distilled water, and bioassayed for diuretic…”
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Measurements of osmotic permeability in the Malpighian tubules of an insect, Rhodnius prolixus Stal
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences (22-10-1982)“…(i) With use of a novel experimental method, an improved estimate has been obtained for the value of the osmotic permeability (Pos) of RhodniusMalpighian…”
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