Disease relevance of Thoracica

• Isolation and characterization of 2-nitroimidazole produced by Streptomyces species as an inhibitor of both carbonic anhydrase and shell formation in the barnacle Balanus amphitrite [1].
• The smaller, second lobe of the corpora pedunculata and its associated vertical fibre tract are CAT(+) and appear continuous, on each side of the cerebral ganglion, with a dorsal and ventral longitudinal bundle of AChE(+) fibers [2].
• Toxicity and molt-accelerating effects of diflubenzuron on the barnacle, Balanus eburneus [3].

High impact information on Thoracica

• Here we have used the indicator dye Arsenazo III in conjunction with an array of photodetectors to examine the spatial influx of calcium in the presynaptic terminal region of the giant barnacle, Balanus nubilus [4].
• From fruit flies to barnacles, histamine is the neurotransmitter of arthropod photoreceptors [5].
• When intracellular chloride activity (aiCl) was monitored with chloride-sensitive liquid ion exchanges (CLIX) microelectrodes in Balanus photoreceptors, replacement of extracellular chloride (Cl0) by methanesulfonate or glutamate was followed by a rapid but incomplete loss of aiCl [6].
• Intracellular Na+, K+, and C1- activities in Balanus photoreceptors [7].
• Ion-sensitive microelectrodes were used to measure intracellular activities (aix) of Na+, K+, and C-1 in Balanus photoreceptors [7].

Biological context of Thoracica

• 1. The effect of extracellularly applied pentachlorophenol (PCP) was studied on the membrane potential (Vm) and Ca2+ uptake in isolated single skeletal muscle cells of Balanus nubilus [8].
• The kinetics of 3-O-methylglucose transport in the giant muscle cells of Balanus nubilus have been studied both in intact fibres and in fibres subjected to intracellular solute control using internal dialysis [9].
• We isolated a putative serotonin receptor gene from a genomic library of the barnacle, balanus amphitrite Darwin, using an Ncol fragment of the barnacle G protein-coupled receptor gene that is homologous to the alpha 2-adrenoceptor [10].
• Whole-mount in situ TUNEL method revealed ectopic pattern of apoptosis in cadmium treated naupliar larvae of barnacle (Balanus amphitrite Darwin) [11].
• A DNA clone containing part of an AADC sequence was obtained from the genomic DNA library of the barnacle, Balanus amphitrite [12].

Anatomical context of Thoracica

• The aim of the present work was to explore the possibility that pentachlorophenol (PCP) influences the behavior of the resting Na efflux in single muscle fibers from the barnacle, Balanus nubilus [13].
• The relationships of the abscess to the adjacent organs were clearly delineated by an intravenous injection of contrast material, and the drain was inserted between the sternum and the vasa thoracica interna [14].

Associations of Thoracica with chemical compounds

• 1. The resting ouabain-insensitive Na+ efflux in muscle fibres isolated from the barnacle, Balanus nubilus, is stimulated by external or internal application of phorbol 12,13-dibutyrate (PD) [15].
• Glutamate transport in large muscle fibres of Balanus nubilus [16].
• 1. Single muscle fibres from the barnacle Balanus nubilus have been studied to provide information about the mode of action of aldosterone on Na transport in a symmetric cell [17].
• 1. [3H]glutamate or [3H]gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) was injected into the photoreceptor cell of the lateral ocellus of Balanus eburneus, in order to study the transmitter substance of the cell [18].
• 1. A further study has been made of the stimulatory action of proctolin on the ouabain-insensitive Na+ efflux in single muscle fibres from the barnacle, Balanus nubilus [19].

Gene context of Thoracica

• Phylogeographic analysis of 79 cytochrome c oxidase I (COX1) sequences for barnacles collected from five populations found contrasting patterns of divergence for populations in the Atlantic vs. the Pacific Ocean [20].
• Molecular cloning of a new member of the putative G protein-coupled receptor gene from barnacle Balanus amphitrite [21].
• Since we have found in barnacles homeobox-containing genes that are more divergent from the Antennapedia type than the typical abdA, we believe that a bona fide abdA gene would not have escaped our search [22].
• Hexane and chloroform extracts from G. cowa showed higher antioxidant capacity than G. pedunculata extracts [23].
• Two inducers of larval attachment and metamorphosis; that is, serotonin and extract of adult barnacles, obviously increased the expression of AADC mRNA at an early cypris larval stage [12].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Thoracica

• Molecular cloning of a putative serotonin receptor gene from barnacle, Balanus amphitrite [10].
• The luminal surfaces of aorta thoracica of experimental rats were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) [24].
• The production of the eicosapentaenoic acid metabolite trioxilin A4 (8,11,12-trihydroxy-5,9,14,17-eicosatetraenoic acid) by the barnacles Balanus amphitrite and Elminius modestus was confirmed using a combination of high-performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography, both linked to mass spectrometry [25].
• The growth of A. flavus was completely inhibited by the hexane and chloroform extracts from G. cowa and chloroform extract from G. pedunculata at 3000 ppm concentration, which was considered as the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) [23].
• Northern blot analysis showed that AADC mRNA was expressed at all stages of barnacles: naupliar larvae, cypris larvae and adult barnacles [12].

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