High impact information on Annelida

• We report that the J-chain gene is expressed in invertebrates (Mollusca, Annelida, Arthropoda, Echinodermata, and Holothuroidea), as well as in representative vertebrates (Mammalia, Teleostei, Amphibia) [1].
• Evidence for conservation of the vasopressin/oxytocin superfamily in Annelida [2].
• Novel galactose-binding proteins in Annelida. Characterization of 29-kDa tandem repeat-type lectins from the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris [3].
• Polar glycosphingolipids in annelida. A novel series of glycosphingolipids containing choline phosphate from the earthworm, Pheretima hilgendorf [4].
• The H1 histone gene present in the clusters is the first ever isolated in the phylum Annelida [5].

Biological context of Annelida

• Amino acid sequence of the small cadmium-binding protein (MP II) from Nereis diversicolor (annelida, polychaeta). Evidence for a myohemerythrin structure [6].
• Regulation of vitellogenesis in Nereis virens (Annelida: Polychaeta): effect of estradiol-17beta on eleocytes [7].

Associations of Annelida with chemical compounds

• Exchanges of sodium and chloride at low salinities by Nereis diversicolor (Annelida, Polychaeta) [8].
• Yamaguchia toyensis n. sp., n. gen. (Annelida, Clitellata, Lumbriculidae) from profundal Lake habitat in Japan [9].
• Tannic acid impregnation has revealed the existence of a T-system in the helical fibers of Branchiobdella pentodonta (Annelida, Clitellata) [10].
• Deltamethrin, effects on volume control, and water balance in Eisenia fetida Sav. (Annelida, Lumbricidae) [11].
• A striking feature of amino acid alteration was: the replacement of the E7 distal-His of D-1 globin by phenylalanine because histidine is conserved among the rest of the globins of H. zeylanica, those of other representative species (Lumbricus and Tylorrhynchus) of Annelida and most other hemoglobins [12].

Gene context of Annelida

• A PCR-based survey of homeobox genes in Ctenodrilus serratus (Annelida: Polychaeta) [13].
• The epidermis of Paralvinella grasslei (Polychaete, Annelida) is covered by an extracellular matrix, the cuticle, mainly composed as in other annelids of superimposed layers of non-striated collagen fibrils [14].
• Uptake of tritium-labelled biogenic amines by the prostomium of the polychaete Nereis virens (Sars) (Annelida) [15].
• Nephridial and gonoduct distribution patterns in Nerillidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) examined by tubulin staining and cLSM [16].
• A 30 kDa beta-galactose-specific lectin named CVL was isolated from the polychaete marine worm Chaetopterus variopedatus (Annelida) and its anti-HIV-1 activity in vitro was determined [17].

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