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Ammonia excretion in aquatic and terrestrial crabs by Weihrauch, Dirk, Morris, Steve, Towle, David W

“…The excretory transport of toxic ammonia across epithelia is not fully understood. This review presents data combined with models of ammonia excretion derived…”
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Effects of elevated seawater pCO2 on gene expression patterns in the gills of the green crab, Carcinus maenas by Fehsenfeld, Sandra, Kiko, Rainer, Appelhans, Yasmin, Towle, David, Zimmer, Martin, Melzner, Frank

“…BACKGROUND: The green crab Carcinus maenas is known for its high acclimation potential to varying environmental abiotic conditions. A high ability for ion and…”
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Characterization of the Carcinus maenas neuropeptidome by mass spectrometry and functional genomics by Ma, Mingming, Bors, Eleanor K, Dickinson, Evelyn S, Kwiatkowski, Molly A, Sousa, Gregory L, Henry, Raymond P, Smith, Christine M, Towle, David W, Christie, Andrew E, Li, Lingjun

“…Abstract Carcinus maenas , commonly known as the European green crab, is one of the best-known and most successful marine invasive species. While a variety of…”
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Microarray-detected changes in gene expression in gills of green crabs ( Carcinus maenas) upon dilution of environmental salinity by Towle, David W., Henry, Raymond P., Terwilliger, Nora B.

“…The interaction between environmental salinity and gene expression was studied in gills of the euryhaline green shore crab Carcinus maenas. A 4462-feature…”
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Identification and cardiotropic actions of sulfakinin peptides in the American lobster Homarus americanus by Dickinson, Patsy S, Stevens, Jake S, Rus, Szymon, Brennan, Henry R, Goiney, Christopher C, Smith, Christine M, Li, Lingjun, Towle, David W, Christie, Andrew E

“…In arthropods, a group of peptides possessing a -Y((SO3H))GHM/LRFamide carboxy-terminal motif have been collectively termed the sulfakinins. Sulfakinin…”
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Functional genomics resources for the North Atlantic copepod, Calanus finmarchicus: EST database and physiological microarray by Lenz, Petra H., Unal, Ebru, Hassett, R. Patrick, Smith, Christine M., Bucklin, Ann, Christie, Andrew E., Towle, David W.

“…The copepod, Calanus finmarchicus is a keystone species for the North Atlantic. Because of recent changes in the geographic distribution of this species, there…”
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SIFamide peptides in clawed lobsters and freshwater crayfish (Crustacea, Decapoda, Astacidea): A combined molecular, mass spectrometric and electrophysiological investigation by Dickinson, Patsy S, Stemmler, Elizabeth A, Cashman, Christopher R, Brennan, Henry R, Dennison, Bobbi, Huber, Kristen E, Peguero, Braulio, Rabacal, Whitney, Goiney, Christopher C, Smith, Christine M, Towle, David W, Christie, Andrew E

“…Abstract Recently, we identified the peptide VYRKPPFNGSIFamide (Val1 -SIFamide) in the stomatogastric nervous system (STNS) of the American lobster Homarus…”
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Genomic approaches to detecting thermal stress in Calanus finmarchicus (Copepoda: Calanoida) by Voznesensky, Maria, Lenz, Petra H., Spanings-Pierrot, Céline, Towle, David W.

“…Zooplankton may be subjected to physiological stress as they encounter rapid and large changes in temperature through vertical migration or transfer into…”
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Identification of A-type allatostatins possessing -YXFGI/Vamide carboxy-termini from the nervous system of the copepod crustacean Calanus finmarchicus by Christie, Andrew E, Sousa, Gregory L, Rus, Szymon, Smith, Christine M, Towle, David W, Hartline, Daniel K, Dickinson, Patsy S

“…The copepod crustacean Calanus finmarchicus plays a critical role in the ecology of the Gulf of Maine and other regions of the North Atlantic. To increase our…”
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Branchial CO 2 and ammonia excretion in crustaceans: Involvement of an apical Rhesus-like glycoprotein by Quijada-Rodriguez, Alex R, Fehsenfeld, Sandra, Marini, Anna-Maria, Wilson, Jonathan M, Nash, Mikyla T, Sachs, Maria, Towle, David W, Weihrauch, Dirk

“…To determine whether the crustacean Rh1 protein functions as a dual CO /ammonia transporter and investigate its role in branchial ammonia excretion and…”
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Branchial CO2 and ammonia excretion in crustaceans: Involvement of an apical Rhesus‐like glycoprotein by Quijada‐Rodriguez, Alex R., Fehsenfeld, Sandra, Marini, Anna‐Maria, Wilson, Jonathan M., Nash, Mikyla T., Sachs, Maria, Towle, David W., Weihrauch, Dirk

“…Aim To determine whether the crustacean Rh1 protein functions as a dual CO2/ammonia transporter and investigate its role in branchial ammonia excretion and…”
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Effects of elevated seawater pCO(2) on gene expression patterns in the gills of the green crab, Carcinus maenas by Fehsenfeld, Sandra, Kiko, Rainer, Appelhans, Yasmin, Towle, David W, Zimmer, Martin, Melzner, Frank

“…The green crab Carcinus maenas is known for its high acclimation potential to varying environmental abiotic conditions. A high ability for ion and acid-base…”
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Na ++K +-ATPase in gills of aquatic crustacea by Lucu, Čedomil, Towle, David W.

“…The sodium pump, or Na ++K +-ATPase, provides at least part of the driving force for transepithelial movement of monovalent ions across the gills and other…”
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Gene discovery in Carcinus maenas and Homarus americanus via expressed sequence tags by Towle, David W., Smith, Christine M.

“…Expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were produced for normalized cDNA libraries prepared from several tissues of 2 marine crustaceans, the green shore crab Carcinus…”
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Induction of branchial ion transporter mRNA expression during acclimation to salinity change in the euryhaline crab Chasmagnathus granulatus by Luquet, Carlos M, Weihrauch, Dirk, Senek, Mihaela, Towle, David W

“…Using quantitative real-time PCR, the expression of mRNAs encoding three transport-related proteins and one putative housekeeping protein was analyzed in…”
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Gill-specific transcriptional regulation of Na+/K+ -ATPase alpha-subunit in the euryhaline shore crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus: sequence variants and promoter structure by Jayasundara, Nishad, Towle, David W, Weihrauch, Dirk, Spanings-Pierrot, Céline

“…The sodium pump (Na+/K+ -ATPase) has been implicated in osmoregulatory ion transport in many aquatic animals. In the euryhaline hyper-hypoosmoregulating shore…”
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Fundulus as the premier teleost model in environmental biology: Opportunities for new insights using genomics by Burnett, Karen G., Bain, Lisa J., Baldwin, William S., Callard, Gloria V., Cohen, Sarah, Di Giulio, Richard T., Evans, David H., Gómez-Chiarri, Marta, Hahn, Mark E., Hoover, Cindi A., Karchner, Sibel I., Katoh, Fumi, MacLatchy, Deborah L., Marshall, William S., Meyer, Joel N., Nacci, Diane E., Oleksiak, Marjorie F., Rees, Bernard B., Singer, Thomas D., Stegeman, John J., Towle, David W., Van Veld, Peter A., Vogelbein, Wolfgang K., Whitehead, Andrew, Winn, Richard N., Crawford, Douglas L.

“…A strong foundation of basic and applied research documents that the estuarine fish Fundulus heteroclitus and related species are unique laboratory and field…”
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Osmoregulation by Gills of Euryhaline Crabs: Molecular Analysis of Transporters by Towle, David W., Dirk Weihrauch

“…The physiological mechanisms by which aquatic animals regulate the osmoconcentration of their body fluids remain unclear despite many excellent studies of…”
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Early expression of zona pellucida proteins under octylphenol exposure in Cichlasoma dimerus (Perciformes, Cichlidae) by Genovese, Griselda, Da Cuña, Rodrigo, Towle, David W., Maggese, María C., Lo Nostro, Fabiana

“…An increasing number of widely used industrial and agricultural chemicals are being found to cause endocrine disruption. In fishes, xenoestrogens can induce…”
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Active ammonia excretion across the gills of the green shore crab Carcinus maenas: participation of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase, V-type H(+)-ATPase and functional microtubules by Weihrauch, Dirk, Ziegler, Andreas, Siebers, Dietrich, Towle, David W

“…Although aquatic animals are generally believed to export nitrogenous waste by diffusion of NH(3) or NH(4)(+) across external epithelia, evidence for active…”
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