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The cloning of eel osmotic stress transcription factor and the regulation of its expression in primary gill cell cultureW K F Tse
Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
J Exp Biol 211:1964-8. 2008In the present study, we aimed to clone an osmotic stress transcriptional factor (Ostf) from gill cells of Japanese eels. In addition, we measured its expression in Percoll-gradient-isolated gill chloride (CC) and pavement (PVC) cells and ..
Progestin is an essential factor for the initiation of the meiosis in spermatogenetic cells of the eelTakeshi Miura
Laboratory of Fish Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790 8566, Japan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:7333-8. 2006..We conclude that DHP, a progestin, is an essential factor for the initiation of meiosis...- Deep-ocean origin of the freshwater eelsJun G Inoue
Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 164 8639, Japan
Biol Lett 6:363-6. 2010Of more than 800 species of eels of the order Anguilliformes, only freshwater eels (genus Anguilla with 16 species plus three subspecies) spend most of their lives in freshwater during their catadromous life cycle... - Phylogeography of two moray eels indicates high dispersal throughout the indo-pacificJoshua S Reece
Department of Biology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Box 1137, One Brookings Drive, Saint Louis, MO 63130, USA
J Hered 101:391-402. 2010..In contrast, moray eels have the longest pelagic larval stages among reef fishes, possibly providing opportunities to disperse over great .. - Swimming suppresses hepatic vitellogenesis in European female silver eels as shown by expression of the estrogen receptor 1, vitellogenin1 and vitellogenin2 in the liverArjan P Palstra
Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
Reprod Biol Endocrinol 8:27. 2010When European silver eels (Anguilla anguilla) venture into the Atlantic Ocean for their 6,000 km semelparous spawning run to the Sargasso Sea, they are still in a prepubertal stage... 
First report of the invasive eel pest Pseudodactylogyrus bini in North America and in wild American eelsC J Hayward
Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, University of Tokyo, Japan
Dis Aquat Organ 44:53-60. 2001..with the nematode Anguillicola crassus (which is known to have been introduced with commercial imports of foreign eels)...- Sublethal effects of exposure to chemical compounds: a cause for the decline in Atlantic eels?Tony Robinet
Fonctionnement des Ecosystèmes et Biologie de la Conservation, UMR 6553 Ecobio CNRS Université de Rennes 1, France
Ecotoxicology 11:265-77. 2002Because of their unusual life cycle, American and European eels (Anguilla rostrata Lesueur and A. anguilla L.), are particularly exposed to pollutant effects... - Monogenoids from the gills of spiny eels (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae) in India and Iraq, proposal of Mastacembelocleidus gen. n., and status of the Indian species of Actinocleidus, Urocleidus and Haplocleidus (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae)Delane C Kritsky
Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Campus Box 8090, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209, USA
Folia Parasitol (Praha) 51:291-8. 2004..n. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) is proposed to include two species collected and redescribed from spiny eels (Mastacembelidae) in India and Iraq: Mastacembelocleidus bam (Tripathi, 1959) comb. n. (syn... - Mastacembelid eels support Lake Tanganyika as an evolutionary hotspot of diversificationKatherine J Brown
Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, Wolfson House, 4, Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HE, UK
BMC Evol Biol 10:188. 2010..Mastacembelid eels (Teleostei: Mastacembelidae) are a predominately riverine family of freshwater fish, occurring across Africa and .. - Melatonin activates brain dopaminergic systems in the eel with an inhibitory impact on reproductive functionM E Sebert
USM 0401, UMR 5178 CNRS MNHN UPMC Biologie des Organismes Marins et Ecosystèmes, Département des Milieux et Peuplements Aquatiques, Museum national d histoire naturelle, Paris, France
J Neuroendocrinol 20:917-29. 2008..GnRH) and a strong dopaminergic (DA) inhibition are responsible for the blockade of gonad development if silver eels are prevented from their reproductive migration... - 11-Ketotestosterone induces silvering-related changes in immature female short-finned eels, Anguilla australisD H Rohr
Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 130:701-14. 2001..teleost, and usually male-specific, androgen 11-ketotestosterone (11-KT) are found in migrating female short-finned eels, Anguilla australis... - Opsonic effect of congerin, a mucosal galectin of the Japanese conger, Conger myriaster (Brevoort)O Nakamura
School of Fisheries Sciences, Kitasato University, Iwate 022-0101, Japan
Fish Shellfish Immunol 20:433-5. 2006 - Isolation and characterization of active LINE and SINEs from the eelMasaki Kajikawa
Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8501, Japan
Mol Biol Evol 22:673-82. 2005..These elements are thus useful for delineating the amplification mechanism of stringent type LINEs as well as that of SINEs... - Yeast-binding C-type lectin with opsonic activity from conger eel (Conger myriaster) skin mucusShigeyuki Tsutsui
School of Fisheries Science, Kitasato University, Sanriku, Ofunato, Iwate 022 0101, Japan
Mol Immunol 44:691-702. 2007..These findings suggest that conCL-s acts as an opsonin and plays an important role in the innate immunity on the body surface in conger eels. - Reconstruction of a probable ancestral form of conger eel galectins revealed their rapid adaptive evolution process for specific carbohydrate recognitionAyumu Konno
Department of Biomolecular Science, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
Mol Biol Evol 24:2504-14. 2007..Thus, protein engineering using a probable ancestral form presented here is a powerful approach not only to determine the evolutionary process but also to investigate the structure-activity relationships of proteins... - Ecology. Freshwater eels are slip-sliding awayRichard Stone
Science 302:221-2. 2003 - Possible immune functions of congerin, a mucosal galectin, in the intestinal lumen of Japanese conger eelO Nakamura
School of Fisheries Sciences, Kitasato University, Ofunato, Iwate 022 0101, Japan
Fish Shellfish Immunol 23:683-92. 2007..The mucus agglutinated rabbit erythrocytes, and the agglutination was hampered by anti-congerin antibody. Furthermore, congerin could bind to some enteric bacteria. These results support the above hypothesis... - Characterization of a binary tandem domain F-type lectin from striped bass (Morone saxatilis)Eric W Odom
Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA
J Biol Chem 281:1698-713. 2006..In contrast with the amniotes, in which the F-type lectins appear conspicuously absent, the widespread gene duplication in the teleost fish suggests these F-type lectins acquired increasing evolutionary value within this taxon... - Dopamine inhibits luteinizing hormone synthesis and release in the juvenile European eel: a neuroendocrine lock for the onset of pubertyBernadette Vidal
USM 0401, , DMPA, , 7 rue Cuvier, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
Biol Reprod 71:1491-500. 2004..According to a protocol previously developed in the striped bass, eels received sustained treatments with GnRH agonist (GnRHa), DA-receptor antagonist (pimozide), and testosterone (T) .. - Short-distance spawning migration of tropical freshwater eelsJun Aoyama
Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano, Tokyo 164-8639, Japan
Biol Bull 204:104-8. 2003 - Solution structure of an RNA stem-loop derived from the 3' conserved region of eel LINE UnaL2Seiki Baba
Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology, 2-17-1 Tsudanuma, Narashino, 275-0016, Japan
RNA 10:1380-7. 2004.... - A review of the possible impacts of long-term oceanic and climate changes and fishing mortality on recruitment of anguillid eels of the Northern HemisphereB Knights
University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish Street, W1M 8JS, London, UK
Sci Total Environ 310:237-44. 2003Possible causes of declines in recruitment of European, American and Japanese eels to continental waters are reviewed... - Galectin containing cells in the skin and mucosal tissues in Japanese conger eel, Conger myriaster: an immunohistochemical studyO Nakamura
School of Fisheries Sciences, Kitasato University, 211 0101, Iwate, Japan
Dev Comp Immunol 25:431-7. 2001..These findings suggest that congerin participates in innate immunity on the intra- and the extra-body surface of the conger. The putative functions of club cells in fish and their contained lectin are discussed... - Accelerated evolution in the protein-coding region of galectin cDNAs, congerin I and congerin II, from skin mucus of conger eel (Conger myriaster)T Ogawa
Department of Biological Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 63:1203-8. 1999..Northern blot analysis showed that both congerins were expressed not only in the skin tissues but also in the stomach of conger eel... - Replication banding in two Mediterranean moray eels: chromosomal characterization and comparisonS Salvadori
Dipartimento di Biologia Animale ed Ecologia, Universita di Cagliari, Viale Poetto 1, 09126 Cagliari, Italy
Genetica 119:253-8. 2003..A comparative analysis of the banding patterns allowed to point out high karyotype similarity as well as chromosome rearrangements that occurred in karyotype evolution between these species... - Natural selection influences AFLP intraspecific genetic variability and introgression patterns in Atlantic eelsP A Gagnaire
Institut des Sciences de l Evolution ISEM UMR 5554 CNRS UMII, Universite de Montpellier II, Place E Bataillon, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
Mol Ecol 18:1678-91. 2009..The Atlantic eels Anguilla rostrata and A... - Functional and structural characterization of multiple galectins from the skin mucus of conger eel, Conger myriasterK Muramoto
Department of Biological Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 123:33-45. 1999..These results suggest that multiple galectins from conger eel with the same scaffold have different biological functions and properties... - Oceanic biology: spawning of eels near a seamountKatsumi Tsukamoto
Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Nakano, Tokyo 164 8639, Japan
Nature 439:929. 2006Discoveries of the larvae of the European and American eels, Anguilla anguilla and A. rostrata, in the Sargasso Sea and of the Japanese eel, A... - High-resolution structure of the conger eel galectin, congerin I, in lactose-liganded and ligand-free forms: emergence of a new structure class by accelerated evolutionT Shirai
Department of Biotechnology and Biomaterial Chemistry Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Chikusa ku, Nagoya, 464 8603, Japan
Structure 7:1223-33. 1999..Because of its histological localization and activity against marine bacteria and starfish embryos, congerin I is thought to take part in the eels' biological defense system against parasites. - Evolution of the deep-sea gulper eel mitochondrial genomes: large-scale gene rearrangements originated within the eelsJun G Inoue
Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Mol Biol Evol 20:1917-24. 2003..During the course of molecular phylogenetic studies on the Elopomorpha (eels and their allies), we found that mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) from the two deep-sea gulper eels, Eurypharynx .. - In vitro evolutionary thermostabilization of congerin II: a limited reproduction of natural protein evolution by artificial selection pressureClara Shionyu-Mitsuyama
Department of Computational Biology, Biomolecular Engineering Research Institute, 6-2-3 Furuedai, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan
J Mol Biol 347:385-97. 2005..The results showed that the artificial pressure made congerin II partially reproduce the natural evolution of congerin I... - Photopic vision in eels: evidences of color discriminationIlija Damjanović
Institute for Problems of Information Transmission, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1048:69-84. 2005..The existence of green-sensitive and blue-sensitive cone units was thus revealed by both electrophysiological and microspectrophotometric techniques... - The speciation of conger eel galectins by rapid adaptive evolutionTomohisa Ogawa
Department of Biomolecular Science, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 981 8555, Japan
Glycoconj J 19:451-8. 2004..In this review article we summarize and discuss the molecular evolution, especially the rapid adaptive evolution, and the structure-function relationships of conger eel galectins... - Raptorial jaws in the throat help moray eels swallow large preyRita S Mehta
Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, USA
Nature 449:79-82. 2007..Moray eels display much less effective suction-feeding abilities... - Endocrine evidence that silvering, a secondary metamorphosis in the eel, is a pubertal rather than a metamorphic eventSalima Aroua
MNHN, , USM 0401, UMR 5178 CNRS, Paris, France
Neuroendocrinology 82:221-32. 2005..we compared the profiles of pituitary and peripheral hormones during the transition from yellow to silver female eels. A strong activation of the gonadotropic axis was shown during silvering... - Characterization of thyroid hormone receptor alpha and beta in the metamorphosing Japanese conger eel, Conger myriasterYutaka Kawakami
Faculty of Environmental and Symbiotic Sciences, Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Kumamoto 862 8502, Japan
Gen Comp Endocrinol 132:321-32. 2003..Determination of TR mRNA in metamorphosing eels was performed using competitive RT-PCR... - Isolation of Vibrio vulnificus and atypical Vibrio from surface water of the Baltic Sea in GermanyJörg Jores
Robert Koch Institut, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin
Berl Munch Tierarztl Wochenschr 116:396-400. 2003..Because of the similarity to the eel pathogen V. vulnificus, we infected eels with one of the four atypical strains (CH-291), but no pathogenicity for eels could be detected... - Population genetics of Vibrio vulnificus: identification of two divisions and a distinct eel-pathogenic cloneMichaela Gutacker
Istituto Cantonale di Microbiologia, 6501 Bellinzona, Switzerland
Appl Environ Microbiol 69:3203-12. 2003..One ET (ET 35) included all indole-negative isolates from diseased eels worldwide (biotype 2)... - Cloning and characterization of vitellogenin cDNA from the common Japanese conger (Conger myriaster) and vitellogenin gene expression during ovarian developmentNaomi Mikawa
IRAGO Institute, 377 Shinden, Tahara, Aichi, 441 3605, Japan
Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 143:404-14. 2006..The expression levels of VTG gene in the liver increased from the oil droplet stage to the tertiary yolk globule stage and were maintained until the migratory nucleus stage... - Integrated responses of Na+/HCO3- cotransporters and V-type H+-ATPases in the fish gill and kidney during respiratory acidosisS F Perry
Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5
Biochim Biophys Acta 1618:175-84. 2003..This strategy, when coupled with increased urinary acidification associated with increased vacuolar H(+)-ATPase activity, ensures that HCO(3)(-) levels accumulate in the body fluids to restore pH... - Trends in the evolution of the prodynorphin gene in teleosts: cloning of eel and tilapia prodynorphin cDNAsJasem Alrubaian
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Kuwait, Kuwait City 13060, Kuwait
Peptides 27:797-804. 2006..The relationship of these teleost prodynorphin sequences to other actinopterygian and sarcopterygian prodynorphin sequences will be discussed... - cDNA cloning of thyroid hormone receptor betas from the conger eel, Conger myriasterYutaka Kawakami
Faculty of Environmental and Symbiotic Sciences, Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Kumamoto 862 8502, Japan
Gen Comp Endocrinol 131:232-40. 2003..The cTRbeta1 mRNA was widely expressed, whereas cTRbeta 2 mRNA was most highly expressed in the brain and pituitary. The expression pattern of cTRbeta1 and cTRbeta2 in tissues were similar to that of TRbeta1 and TRbeta2 in mammals... - Vibrio vulnificus serovar A: an emerging pathogen in European anguillicultureB Fouz
Department of Microbiology and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
J Fish Dis 29:285-91. 2006..A was originally isolated in a Spanish eel farm in 2000 and occurred in Denmark in the summer of 2004, affecting eels of 5-10 g body weight cultured in fresh water... - Can the DAB (Limanda limanda) be a paratenic host of Anguillicola crassus (Nematoda; Dracunculoidea)? The Gulf of Gdańsk and Vistula Lagoon (Poland) exampleLeszek Rolbiecki
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, University of Gdansk, Al Marsz Piłsudskiego 46, 81 378 Gdynia
Wiad Parazytol 50:317-22. 2004..crassus. This is the first world's record of A. crassus in the dab. It is suggested that, due to a large size of the infected fish, they cannot function as paratenic hosts in the A. crassus life cycle... - RING finger, B-box, and coiled-coil (RBCC) protein expression in branchial epithelial cells of Japanese eel, Anguilla japonicaKentaro Miyamoto
Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
Eur J Biochem 269:6152-61. 2002..Euryhaline fishes such as eels can migrate between freshwater and seawater, which is considered to be accomplished by efficient remodeling of the .. - Regulation of expression of two aquaporin homologs in the intestine of the European eel: effects of seawater acclimation and cortisol treatmentAnne-Sophie Martinez
School of Biology, Bute Medical Bldgs, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland KY16 9TS, UK
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 288:R1733-43. 2005..anterior, 14- and 23-fold in the mid-, and 9- and 7-fold in the posterior/rectal gut regions of yellow and silver eels, respectively... - Cloning and expression of two isoforms of guanylate cyclase C (GC-C) from the European eel (Anguilla anguilla)M M Comrie
School of Biology, Bute Medical Buildings, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9TS, Fife, UK
Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 129:575-86. 2001..of the GC-C2 transcript in the intestine was increased by 100% following the transfer of yellow FW-acclimated eels to SW... - Isolation of epidermal cells and cDNA cloning of TNF decoy receptor 3 of conger eel, Conger myriasterShigeyuki Tsutsui
School of Fisheries Science, Kitasato University, Okirai, Sanriku, Iwate 022 0101, Japan
Fish Shellfish Immunol 24:366-71. 2008..Phylogenetic analysis indicated that conDcR was clustered into a DcR3 branch. ConDcR is likely to act as an important immune-regulating factor in inhibiting the apoptosis-inducing effect of TNF in the skin of conger eel... - Variation of extracellular proteases produced by Vibrio vulnificus clinical isolates: genetic diversity of the metalloprotease gene (vvp), and serine protease secretion by vvp-negative strainsJiyou Wang
Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Tsushima Naka, Okayama 700 8530, Japan
Microb Pathog 44:494-500. 2008..These findings suggest that, in addition to metalloprotease, the extracellular serine protease may contribute to pathogenicity of V. vulnificus... - Protocol for specific isolation of virulent strains of Vibrio vulnificus serovar E (biotype 2) from environmental samplesEva Sanjuan
Departamento Microbiología y Ecología, Universidad de Valencia, Avda Dr Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
Appl Environ Microbiol 70:7024-32. 2004..All selected serovar E isolates were identified as VSE since they were virulent for both eels and iron-overloaded mice and resisted the bactericidal action of eel and iron-overloaded human sera... - Roles of Slc13a1 and Slc26a1 sulfate transporters of eel kidney in sulfate homeostasis and osmoregulation in freshwaterTsutomu Nakada
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-B-19 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 289:R575-R585. 2005..Expression was dramatically reduced after the transfer of eels from freshwater to seawater; the circulating sulfate concentration in eels was in turn markedly elevated in .. - The cytotoxin-hemolysin genes of human and eel pathogenic Vibrio vulnificus strains: comparison of nucleotide sequences and application to the genetic groupingMitsutoshi Senoh
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Tsushima Naka, Japan
Microbiol Immunol 49:513-9. 2005..Group 1 is pathogenic only to humans, whereas group 2 is pathogenic to eels and occasionally to humans. Although both groups produce a 50-kDa cytotoxin-hemolysin (V... - [Characterization of the beta-actin gene of the rice field eel and its phylogeny in fish]Lai-Xin Xia
Center for Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Yi Chuan Xue Bao 32:689-95. 2005..The results that suggest lineage-specific beta-actin loss might happen in the radical evolution of teleost fishes... - FHL5, a novel actin-binding protein, is highly expressed in eel gill pillar cells and responds to wall tensionAbinash Chandra Mistry
Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-B-19 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 287:R1141-54. 2004..The mRNA and protein levels were found to be elevated on 1) transfer of eels from seawater to freshwater, 2) volume expansion by infusion of isotonic dextran-saline, and 3) constriction of .. - Identification of DNA sequences specific for Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2 strains by suppression subtractive hybridizationChung-Te Lee
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan, Republic of China
Appl Environ Microbiol 71:5593-7. 2005..These sequences have potential for use in the diagnosis of eel vibriosis caused by V. vulnificus and in the detection of biotype 2 serovar E strains... - Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of a new fish-virulent Vibrio vulnificus serovar that lacks potential to infect humansBelen Fouz
Department of Microbiology and Ecology, University of Valencia, Dr Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
Microbiology 153:1926-34. 2007..In conclusion, SerA seems to constitute a different clonal group that has recently emerged within the species V. vulnificus, with pathogenic potential for fish but not for humans... - The intestinal guanylin system and seawater adaptation in eelsYoshio Takei
Laboratory of Physiology, Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 1 15 1 Minamidai, Nakano, Tokyo 164 8639, Japan
Gen Comp Endocrinol 152:339-51. 2007..identified multiple guanylins (guanylin, uroguanylin and renoguanylin) and their receptors (GC-C1 and GC-C2) in eels. The relative potency of the three ligands on cGMP production in transiently expressed receptors was uroguanylin > .. - A common virulence plasmid in biotype 2 Vibrio vulnificus and its dissemination aided by a conjugal plasmidChung Te Lee
Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70160, Taiwan
J Bacteriol 190:1638-48. 2008Strains of Vibrio vulnificus, a marine bacterial species pathogenic for humans and eels, are divided into three biotypes, and those virulent for eels are classified as biotype 2... - A novel human cDNA highly homologous to the fish hormone stanniocalcinA C Chang
Children s Medical Research Institute, Westmead, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Mol Cell Endocrinol 112:241-7. 1995..We conclude that a human protein similar to the fish hormone is expressed in multiple tissues rather than by a specialized endocrine organ... - Antifreeze protein dimer: when two ice-binding faces are better than oneJason Baardsnes
Department of Biochemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
J Biol Chem 278:38942-7. 2003..We conclude from these analyses that the enhanced activity of the dimer stems from the two ice-binding sites being able to engage to ice at the same time, effectively doubling the area of the ice-binding site... - Molecular cloning and expression of Sox17 in gonads during sex reversal in the rice field eel, a teleost fish with a characteristic of natural sex transformationRui Wang
Department of Genetics and Center for Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People s Republic of China
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 303:452-7. 2003.... - [Characterization of a multimer type III antifreeze protein gene from the Antarctic eel pout (Lycodichthys dearborni)]Jing Yu
Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China
Yi Chuan Xue Bao 32:789-94. 2005..The presence of the similar polyprotein structures in the different types of antifreeze genes may imply a common organizational mechanism in the fish genomes for adapting to the extremely cold polar environment... - Developmentally regulated alternative splicing generates a complex array of Drosophila para sodium channel isoformsJ R Thackeray
Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
J Neurosci 14:2569-78. 1994..Although multiple sodium channel genes have already been described in both Drosophila and mammalian systems, this study provides a clear indication that sodium channel variability may be much greater than previously thought... - Interrenal steroid 21-hydroxylase in eels: primary structure, progesterone-specific activity and enhanced expression by ACTHY Y Li
Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Marine Bioscience, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1 15 1 Minamidai, Nakano, Tokyo 164 8639, Japan
J Mol Endocrinol 31:327-40. 2003..per min for 5 h consistently increased plasma cortisol levels and interrenal P450c21 mRNA levels in seawater eels. These results showed that the interrenal-specific eel P450c21 cloned in this study is involved in cortisol .. - Isolation and chromosomal localization of ZFX homologue in genome of rice field eel (Monopterus albus Zuiew)Fu-Yun Ji
College of Life Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Yi Chuan Xue Bao 31:771-9. 2004..1 +/- 0.38 from the centromere. Chromosomal mapping of fish genes related to mammalian X-linked genes might lead to further understanding of the evolution of vertebrate sex chromosomes... - Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of Conger myriaster (Teleostei: Anguilliformes): novel gene order for vertebrate mitochondrial genomes and the phylogenetic implications for anguilliform familiesJ G Inoue
Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, 1 15 1 Minamidai, Nakano Ku, Tokyo 164 8639, Japan
J Mol Evol 52:311-20. 2001.... - High-level expression and characterization of fully active recombinant conger eel galectins in Eschericia coliTomohisa Ogawa
Department of Molecular Life Science, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 66:476-80. 2002.... - Profiles of PGH-alpha, GTH I-beta, and GTH II-beta mRNA transcript levels at different ovarian stages in the wild female Japanese eel Anguilla japonicaYu-San Han
Institute of Zoology, College of Science, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan ROC
Gen Comp Endocrinol 133:8-16. 2003..The maturity of female eels was divided into four stages: juvenile, sub-adult, pre-silver, and silver stages based on ovarian development and .. - Spermatogenesis-preventing substance in Japanese eelTakeshi Miura
Marine Bioresources Research Group, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Hakodate 041 8611, Japan
Development 129:2689-97. 2002..We conclude that eSRS21 prevents the initiation of spermatogenesis and, therefore, suppression of eSRS21 expression is necessary to initiate spermatogenesis. In other words, eSRS21 is a spermatogenesis-preventing substance... - Sequence and genomic structure of the human adult skeletal muscle sodium channel alpha subunit gene on 17qJ Z Wang
Department of Molecular, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15261
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 182:794-801. 1992..Our results provide valuable information for the study of periodic paralysis and paramyotonia congenita, two inherited neurological disorders which are caused by point mutations within this gene... - Similar gene structure of two Sox9a genes and their expression patterns during gonadal differentiation in a teleost fish, rice field eel (Monopterus albus)Rongjia Zhou
Department of Genetics and Center for Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People s Republic of China
Mol Reprod Dev 66:211-7. 2003..The closely related gene structure and expression patterns of the two sox9a genes in the rice field eel also suggest that they arose in recent gene duplication events during evolution of this fish lineage... - Amidated fish ghrelin: purification, cDNA cloning in the Japanese eel and its biological activityH Kaiya
Department of Biochemistry, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, 5 7 1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565 8565, Japan
J Endocrinol 176:415-23. 2003..A novel regulatory pathway of GH secretion by gastric ghrelin seems to be conserved from fish to human... - Complementary deoxyribonucleic acid cloning of spermatogonial stem cell renewal factorTakeshi Miura
Laboratory of Fish Reproductive Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Ehime University, 3 5 7 Tarumi, Matsuyama 790 8566, Japan
Endocrinology 144:5504-10. 2003..We therefore conclude that eSRS34 is a "spermatogonial stem cell renewal factor.".. - Multiple alternative splicing and differential expression of dmrt1 during gonad transformation of the rice field eelXiao Huang
Department of Genetics and Center for Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, People's Republic of China
Biol Reprod 73:1017-24. 2005..These results provide new insight into roles of regulation at the level of splicing of dmrt1 in governing the sex differentiation cascade... - Identification of two functional guanylin receptors in eel: multiple hormone-receptor system for osmoregulation in fish intestine and kidneyShinya Yuge
Laboratory of Physiology, Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 1 15 1, Minamidai, Nakano Ku, Tokyo 164 8639, Japan
Gen Comp Endocrinol 149:10-20. 2006..esophagus, stomach and intestine) and kidney, and their expression was higher in the intestine of seawater-adapted eels than that of freshwater eels just as observed with the guanylin genes... - Molecular cloning and characterization of growth hormone receptor and its homologue in the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)Yuichi Ozaki
Division of Marine Biosciences, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Hokkaido 041 8611, Japan
Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 143:422-31. 2006..We confirmed the ligand specificity of eGHR1 by binding assay, and further research is needed to allow characterization of the binding capability of eGHR2... - Cloning, structure, and expression pattern of the P-450 aromatase gene in rice field eel (Monopterus albus)Ju Hua Yu
Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Wuxi 214081, Jiangsu, P R China
Biochem Genet 46:267-80. 2008..In fry, the P450arom expression level increased during development and was significantly higher in the brain than in the gonad... - Cloning and expression of guanylin-like peptides in teleost fishGordon Cramb
School of Biology, Bute Medical Buildings, University of Saint Andrews, UK
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1040:277-80. 2005..expression in the intestinal epithelia of both immature "yellow" and sexually mature "silver" eels. SW acclimation also resulted in an increase in guanylin mRNA in silver eel intestine, whereas there was no change .. - Pineal expression-promoting element (PIPE), a cis-acting element, directs pineal-specific gene expression in zebrafishYoichi Asaoka
Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7 3 1, Bunkyo ku, Japan
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:15456-61. 2002..These results identify PIPE as a critical cis-element contributing to the pineal-specific gene expression, in combination with the CrxOtx-binding site(s)... - The refined crystal structure of an eel pout type III antifreeze protein RD1 at 0.62-A resolution reveals structural microheterogeneity of protein and solvationTzu-Ping Ko
Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
Biophys J 84:1228-37. 2003..After extensive refinement that includes hydrogen atoms, significant residual electron densities associated with the electrons of peptides and many other bonds could be visualized... - Direct amplification of a single dissected chromosomal segment by polymerase chain reaction: a human brain sodium channel gene is on chromosome 2q22-q23J A Han
Laboratory of Medical Genetics, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 88:335-9. 1991..Chromosome microdissection-polymerase chain reaction is not only a simple, fast, and accurate method for gene mapping but also may offer significant advantages for other applications, such as cancer cytogenetics and linkage analysis... - [The cloning and verification of the Sox9 gene of the rice field eel]L Liu
College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
Yi Chuan Xue Bao 28:535-9. 2001..This clone was further verified to be the Sox9 gene by PCR amplification and sequencing of the HMG box region. The cloning of the Sox9 gene of the rice field eel further suggests the evolutionary conservation of this gene... - Three mRNA species for mammalian-type gonadotropin-releasing hormone in the brain of the eel Anguilla japonicaKataaki Okubo
Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, 113-8657, Tokyo, Japan
Mol Cell Endocrinol 192:17-25. 2002..When testosterone was administered (1 mg per fish per day) continuously for 5 days to juvenile male eels, both upstream and downstream mGnRH mRNA species in the brain were up-regulated... - Characterization of Mycobacterium montefiorense sp. nov., a novel pathogenic Mycobacterium from moray eels that is related to Mycobacterium triplexMichael H Levi
Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
J Clin Microbiol 41:2147-52. 2003The characterization of a novel Mycobacterium sp. isolated from granulomatous skin lesions of moray eels is reported... - Field testing of a vaccine against eel diseases caused by Vibrio vulnificusB Fouz
, Facultad de Biologia, Universidad de Valencia, Burjassot, Spain
Dis Aquat Organ 45:183-9. 2001..A total of 9.5 million glass eels were vaccinated from January 1998 to March 2000 by prolonged immersion followed by 2 subsequent reimmunisations .. - Gnathostoma infection in fish caught for local consumption in Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand I. Prevalence and fish speciesWichit Rojekittikhun
Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 35:523-30. 2004..4%, and Ompok krattensis (butter sheatfish) 0.6%. The mean number of larvae/fish was highest in swamp eels (10.0 larvae/eel), and the maximum number of 698 larvae was recovered from one eel... - A new species of Acaenodera (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae) parasitizing Conger orbignyanus (Pisces: Congridae) from the coasts of ArgentinaJorge A Etchegoin
Laboratorio de Parasitologia, Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Técnicas, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Parasitol Int 55:291-3. 2006..This is the first record of Acaenodera Manter and Pritchard, 1960 in Atlantic waters... - Seasonal population dynamics of Pallisentis (Neosentis) celatus (Acanthocephala: Quadrigyridae) in the intestine of the rice-field eel Monopterus albus in ChinaZeng Boping
Department of Life Sciences, Hunan University of Arts and Science, Changde, PR China
J Helminthol 81:415-20. 2007..As immature male worms exhibit a higher proportion of the worm population than females in all seasons, further studies are needed to determine if such a situation compensates for the shorter life span of males... - The status of Lecithochirium grandiporum (Rudolphi, 1819) (Digenea: Hemiuridae), a rarely reported and poorly known species from the Mediterranean moray eel Muraena helena L. in the Western MediterraneanPierre Bartoli
Centre d Oceanologie de Marseille, UMR 6540 du CNRS, DIMAR, Campus Universitaire de Luminy, Case 901, F 13288, Marseille Cedex 9, France
Syst Parasitol 68:183-94. 2007..grandiporum. In addition, a list of the digenean species collected from each of these three fish species from off the Scandola Natural Reserve is given, showing the similarities between their digenean fauna... - Distribution, prevalence, and intensity of the swim bladder parasite Anguillicola crassus in New England and eastern CanadaAmy E Aieta
Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02747, USA
Dis Aquat Organ 84:229-35. 2009In the summer of 2005, yellow phase American eels Anguilla rostrata were examined for the swim bladder parasite Anguillicola crassus from 26 locations in New England, USA, ranging from the Pawcatuck River, Rhode Island, to the East .. - Parasite communities in eels of the Island of Reunion (Indian Ocean): a lesson in parasite introductionPierre Sasal
UMR 5244 CNRS EPHE UP, Laboratoire de Biologie et d Ecologie Tropicale et Méditerranéenne, CBETM, Universite de Perpignan, 52, Av Paul Alduy, 66860 Perpignan, France
Parasitol Res 102:1343-50. 2008..intra-intestinal juvenile cestodes and extra-intestinal encapsulated anisakid nematode larvae were present in a few eels. We found that the invasive swim bladder nematode Anguillicoloides (Anguillicola) crassus had been introduced into .. - Analysis of element accumulation in cell wall attached and intracellular particles of snow algae by EELS and ESIUrsula Lütz-Meindl
Plant Physiology Division, Cell Biology Department, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, A 5020 Salzburg, Austria
Micron 37:452-8. 2006..By using electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and electron spectroscopic imaging (ESI), we investigated element distribution in ultrathin sections of snow algae .. - Gnathostoma infection in Nakhon Nayok and Prachin Buri, Central ThailandWichit Rojekittikhun
Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 33:474-84. 2002..The prevalence and intensity of infection of swamp eels were determined; dog fecal samples and fresh-water copepods were examined for evidence of infection... - Parasite communities of eels Anguilla anguilla in freshwater and marine habitats in Iceland in comparison with other parasite communities of eels in EuropeArni Kristmundsson
Institute for Experimental Pathology at Keldur, University of Iceland, v Vesturlandsveg, IS 112 Reykjavik, Iceland
Folia Parasitol (Praha) 54:141-53. 2007Ninety-five eels from one marine and three freshwater localities in Iceland were examined for parasites. Twenty species were found, 12 from marine habitat, 12 from freshwater and 4 species were found in both habitats... - A preliminary observation on the pond culture of European eel, Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) in Egypt: recommendations for future studiesAbdalla A El Shebly
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt
Pak J Biol Sci 10:1050-5. 2007..The eels were culture for a period of 2 years, May 2003 to April 2005... - Role of the virulence plasmid pR99 and the metalloprotease Vvp in resistance of Vibrio vulnificus serovar E to eel innate immunityE Valiente
Department of Microbiology and Ecology, University of Valencia, Dr Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
Fish Shellfish Immunol 24:134-41. 2008..biotype 2 serovar E (VSE) is a bacterial pathogen that produces a haemorrhagic septicaemia called vibriosis in eels. Its ability to grow in blood is conferred by a recently described virulence plasmid [Lee CT, Amaro C, Wu KM, .. - Differential expression and regulation of gonadotropins and their receptors in the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonicaShan Ru Jeng
Department of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan
Gen Comp Endocrinol 154:161-73. 2007..Similar levels of pituitary FSH-beta and LH-beta transcripts were found in the immature previtellogenic female eels. In contrast, ovarian FSHR mRNA level was at 100- to 185-fold higher than that of LHR... - Gnathostoma infection in fish caught for local consumption in Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand. II. Deasonal variation in swamp eelsWichit Rojekittikhun
Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health 35:786-91. 2004From August 2000 to August 2001, 1844 swamp eels (Monopterus albus) were purchased from several local markets in Nakhon Nayok Province, Thailand, and examined for the presence of Gnathostoma advanced third-stage larvae... - Quantitative chemical analysis of ocular melanosomes in stained and non-stained tissuesAntje Biesemeier
Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tubingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tubingen, Germany
Micron 42:461-70. 2011..et al., 2006. Micron 37, 262), here we present a combined quantitative EDX and Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS) analysis, including N... - Metallothionein in liver of eels Anguilla anguilla from the Thames Estuary: an indicator of environmental quality?W J Langston
Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, UK
Mar Environ Res 53:263-93. 2002..role of the cysteine-rich protein metallothionein (MT) in the detoxification and metabolism of metals in livers of eels Anguilla anguilla from the Thames Estuary, and to assess the value of MT measurements in environmental monitoring... - Dietary Korean mistletoe enhances cellular non-specific immune responses and survival of Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)Sang Hoon Choi
Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Kunsan National University, Kunsan, Jeonbuk 573 400, Republic of Korea
Fish Shellfish Immunol 24:67-73. 2008..b>Eels were fed under 4 regimes, 0%, 0.1%, 0.5% and 1.0% KM-110 mixed diet...
Research Grants
- Metal processing by dendritic cells and osteoclastsLuis Filgueira; Fiscal Year: 2006..FESEM: field emission scanning electron microscopy, EFTEM: energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy, EELS: electron energy-loss spectroscopy and SIMS: secondary ion mass spectrometry) new sample processing methods and ..
- Genetically Encodable Nanoparticle Tags for Combined Fluorescence and TomographicDAN FELDHEIM; Fiscal Year: 2010..combination of intracellular fluorescence imaging, electron tomography (ET) and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS)...
- Genetically Encodable Nanoparticle Tags for Combined Fluorescence and TomographicDAN FELDHEIM; Fiscal Year: 2009..combination of intracellular fluorescence imaging, electron tomography (ET) and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS)...
- Optical Study of Secretion in Mammalian Nerve TerminalsBRIAN SALZBERG; Fiscal Year: 2005..voltage sensitive dyes, immuno-gold labeling, electron microscopy, and electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) to examine the hypothesis that the triggered release of calcium from intraterminal stores is required for the ..
- Biomechanics and the lamprey central pattern generatorERIC TYTELL; Fiscal Year: 2007....