Disease relevance of Gastropoda

• Acute and chronic toxicity of the herbicide benzofenap (Taipan 300) to Chironomus tepperi Skuse (Diptera: Chironomidae) and Isidorella newcombi (Adams and Angas) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) [1].
• Larval trematode infections in freshwater gastropods from the Albufera Natural Park in Spain [2].
• Geographical features of estuaries for neritid gastropods including Clithon retropictus to preserve thermostable direct hemolysin-producing Vibrio parahaemolyticus [3].

High impact information on Gastropoda

• In the present work, data from within the gastropods and a broad survey of metazoan mtDNA suggest that tRNA leucine duplication and remolding events have occurred independently at least seven times within three major animal lineages [4].
• We have assembled a database of the geographic ranges of 3,916 species of marine prosobranch gastropods living on the shelves of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans, from the tropics to the Arctic Ocean [5].
• We report the rapid interspecific divergence of cDNA encoding a major acrosomal protein of unknown function (TMAP) of sperm from five species of teguline gastropods [6].
• Cerebrin-like immunoreactivity is also present in Lymnaea stagnalis suggesting that cerebrin-like peptides may be widespread throughout gastropoda [7].
• Sialic acids in gastropods [8].

Biological context of Gastropoda

• A molecular phylogeny of aquatic gastropods provides a new perspective on biogeographic history of the Snake River Region [9].
• The effects of a nonionic detergent and of crude oil-detergent mixtures in aqueous solutions on the allozyme frequencies of phosphoglucose isomerase (Pgi) genotypes were tested in the Mediterranean marine gastropods Monodonta turbinata and M. turbiformis [10].
• The cDNAs of arginine kinases from the chiton Liolophura japonica (Polyplacophora) and the turbanshell Battilus cornutus (Gastropoda) were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and the complete nucleotide sequences of 1669 and 1624 bp, respectively, were determined [11].
• Multiple forms of octopine dehydrogenase in Strombus luhuanus (mollusca, gastropoda, strombidae): genetic basis of polymorphism, properties of the enzymes, and relationship between the octopine dehydrogenase phenotype and the accumulation of anaerobic end products during exercise [12].
• Lipid peroxidation and histopathological changes in the digestive gland of a freshwater snail Planorbarius corneus L. (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) exposed to chronic and sub-chronic concentrations of PCP [13].

Anatomical context of Gastropoda

• Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is present in the central nervous system of Aplysia californica (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) where its role as a neurotransmitter is supported by pharmacological, biochemical, and anatomical investigations [14].
• Granular cells in the connective tissue of Helix pomatia L. (gastropoda, pulmonata). Histochemistry, ultrastructure, and results of polyacrylamide electrophoretic investigations [15].
• Organotin compounds released from antifouling paints, such as tributyltin (TBT) and triphenyltin (TPT), are potent inducers of imposex (a superimposition of male genital tracts, such as penis and vas deferens, on females) in marine gastropods [16].
• CRF provokes the release of norepinephrine by hemocytes of Viviparus ater (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia): further evidence in favour of the evolutionary hypothesis of the mobile immune-brain [17].
• D-Aspartate oxidase and D-amino acid oxidase are localised in the peroxisomes of terrestrial gastropods [18].

Associations of Gastropoda with chemical compounds

• Tributyltin (TBT) and triphenyltin (TPT) are known to cause imposex, the superimposing of male genitals on female ones, in some species of gastropods [19].
• Multiple unfolding states of glutathione transferase from Physa acuta (Gastropoda [correction of Gastropada]: Physidae) [20].
• Effects of certain carbamate and organophosphorous pesticides on isolated organs of Pila globosa (Gastropoda) [21].
• Involvement of the retinoid X receptor in the development of imposex caused by organotins in gastropods [16].
• Tributyltin chloride (TBT) has been shown to induce imposex in female gastropods [22].

Gene context of Gastropoda

• This is the first demonstration of the localization of RALBP in the Gastropoda Onchidium stalk eye [23].
• A comparison of our data with previously published studies indicates that SLB cell homologs may exist in other gastropods as well [24].
• D-Aspartate oxidase and D-amino acid oxidase were found in high activity in the tissues of representative species of terrestrial gastropods [18].
• We conclude that the somatostatin- and calcitonin-like substances may serve as modulators of the internal defense system of gastropods [25].
• Thirteen species of terrestrial gastropods from the Kingsbury State Fish and Wildlife Area, Indiana, were examined for the presence of third-stage larvae (L3s) of the meningeal worm, Parelaphostrongylus tenuis, during the summers of 1987 and 1988 [26].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Gastropoda

• The toxin from the methanolic extract of the gastropods was partially purified by ultrafiltration and Bio-Gel P-2 column chromatography [27].
• In addition, cadmium was measured by ICP-AES in the hepatopancreas of gastropods sampled from the coal-polluted site and two coal-free sites [28].

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