pearl oyster
Ca2+ Induced Conformational Change of Troponin C from the Japanese Pearl Oyster, Pinctada fucata
... Japanese pearl oyster Pinctada fucata troponin C (Pifuc-TnC), revealing the possibilities that Pi- fuc-TnC and vertebrate muscle TnC play dissimilar roles in muscle contrac- ...
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Molecular Cloning and Tissue Distribution of Troponin I from the Japanese Pearl Oyster, Pinctada fucata
... DOI: 10.4236/ajmb.2019.92003 38 American Journal of Molecular Biology ters the interaction between TnI, TnT and TnC. Site-specific phosphorylation of cardiac TnI by different kinases has been revealed as a key ...
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Genome-wide comparisons reveal evidence for a species complex in the black-lip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera (Bivalvia: Pteriidae)
... Pteriid pearl oyster species (Fig. 1). Black-lip pearl oysters (Pinctada margaritifera; n = 69) were sampled from 14 sites, which for the Indian Ocean included five samples from each of two Tanzanian ...
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Tropomyosin Isoform Expression in the Adductor Muscle of the Japanese Pearl Oyster, Pinctada fucata
... nese pearl oyster Pinctada fucata (Pifuc-TnC), and revealed that it is distributed only in phasic muscle, suggesting that troponin does not participate in the regu- lation of catch contraction ...
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A parallel population genomic and hydrodynamic approach to fishery management of highly-dispersive marine invertebrates: the case of the Fijian Black-Lip Pearl Oyster Pinctada margaritifera
... black-lip pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera (Pteriidae) displays substantial genetic fragmentation, despite being a broadcast-spawner with an extended PLD of 26–30 days ...cultured pearl and ...
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The potential impacts of low and high salinities on salinity tolerance and condition index of the adult pearl oyster Pinctada imbricata radiata (Leach, 1814)
... I studied zoology in Alexandria University, Egypt. I have obtained a MSc. in brackish water shrimp culture and Ph.D. in sea cucumber culture from the University of Tanta, Egypt. Currently, I am a researcher at ...
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Growth and survival of the pearl oyster Pteria hirundo (L ,1758) in an intermediate stage of culture in Santa Catarina, Brazil
... the pearl oyster Pteria hirundo (Linnaeus, 1758) kept in intermediate ...of pearl oysters traditionally used in the pearl industry in several ...
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Microsatellite variation in Australian and Indonesian pearl oyster Pinctada maxima populations
... Pearl oysters are a group of bivalve molluscs that are widespread in the shallow tropical and subtropical seas, and a number of species in several genera are used to grow pearls (Shirai 1994). The commercially ...
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Reproduction and growth of the winged pearl oyster, Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798) in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon
... 1979). Pearl oysters in temperate regions generally show more discrete spawning seasons in the warmer summer months, while those in the tropics, where there is reduced variation in water temperature throughout the ...
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Molecular Cloning and Tissue Distribution of Troponin C from the Japanese Pearl Oyster, Pinctada fucata
... the pearl oyster troponin C model is shown in ...the pearl oyster troponin C model represent numbers of amino acid residues from the ...and pearl oyster troponin ...
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The effects of stocking density and ration on survival and growth of winged pearl oyster (Pteria penguin) larvae fed commercially available micro-algae concentrates
... Mean growth rates at the lowest density treatments during both D-stage and umbo-stage development were consistent with those observed for P. penguin larvae in previous studies (Wassnig and Southgate, 2012; Southgate et ...
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Genomic resources and genetic dissection of complex quantitative traits in the silver-lipped pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima
... in pearl quality, research documenting the genetic mechanisms behind pearl oyster growth and pearl quality traits have until recently been limited to one species, the Japanese pearl ...
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Bivalve-specific gene expansion in the pearl oyster genome: implications of adaptation to a sessile lifestyle
... We performed comparative genomic analyses using ac- cessible molluscan genomes with our newly updated gen- ome assembly of the pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata. Genes common to the two bivalves include a ...
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Spatio-temporal factors affecting the growth of cultured silver-lip pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima (Jameson) (Mollusca: Pteriidae) in West Papua, Indonesia
... treatments in this study. The effect of salinity on growth has been reported in P. maxima (Kvingedal et al., 2008; Taylor et al., 2004) and other pearl oyster species in numerous publications (e.g. ...
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Developing hatchery culture techniques for the winged pearl oyster, Pteria penguin (Röding, 1798)
... tropical pearl oyster species such as Pinctada maxima and Pinctada margaritifera which experience more extended spawning seasons (Tranter, 1958; Rose, 1990; Acosta-Salmón and Southgate, ...the pearl ...
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Evaluation of selected substrates for collection of hatchery reared black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera) spat
... The use of appropriate substrates has been shown to promote improvement in the settlement of bivalve larvae both in the hatchery conditions and in the ocean (Alagarswami et al., 1983; Rose, 1994; Holliday, 1996; Taylor ...
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Calponin Isoform Expression in the Japanese Pearl Oyster, Pinctada fucata
... Calponin is a basic actin-binding protein found widely in invertebrate tissues including catch muscle and therefore may participate in catch contraction. There is limited information about molluscan calponin and ...
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Population genetics, phylogeography and the effects of aquaculture on genetic diversity of the silver-lipped pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima (Jameson)
... An overall message from this thesis is that culture practices need to be modified in order to improve genetic diversity maintenance in closed P. maxima populations. However, the solution to avoiding diversity loss within ...
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Environment, genes and the effects of genotype by environment (G x E) interactions, on the expression of commercially important traits in the silver-lipped pearl oyster, Pinctada maxima (Jameson)
... site in particular, that of Sasanaflapo, grew significantly faster than those at the other sites. These growth differences manifested regardless of the age or genetic composition of the cohort evaluated, and therefore, ...
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Influence of temperature and pearl rotation on biomineralization in the pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera
... of pearl oysters, can be observed at a microscopic scale on the surface of the pearl and may take the form of spirals or targets (Cartwright et ...the pearl moves within the pearl ...different ...
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