NGO, T.H.*; BARNARD, R.J.; TYMCHUK, C.N.; COHEN, P.; ARONSON, W.J.: Low-fat Diet and Exercise Induced Apoptosis of LNCaP Cells via Modulation of the IGF Axis To determine whether a low-fat, high-fiber diet and aerobic exercise (DE) intervention may prevent prostate cancer cell growth in vitro via its effects on the circulating IGF axis, fasting serum […]

BECKHAM, Y.M.*; ELINSON, R.P.: Localization of mRNAs in Eleutherodactylus coqui oocytes and its implication for oocyte evolution Eleutherodactylus coqui develops directly on land to a frog. The large 3.5 mm oocyte of E. coqui has enough yolk to allow development without an intermediate feeding tadpole. In the smaller Xenopus laevis oocyte, 1.3 mm in diameter, […]

BURGENTS, J.E.; LOVETT, D.L.*: Is the increase in Na+,K+-ATPase activity observed during hyperosmoregulation in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus due to stimulation of translation? Estuarine crabs such as the blue crab Callinectes sapidus hyperosmoregulate in dilute seawater through transport of ions across the gill epithelium by the enzyme Na+,K+-ATPase (ATPase). It has been well documented […]

AGEE, S.J.*; WEISBLAT, D.A.: Investigating the embryological function of maternal Hro-nos, a nanos homolog in the leech Helobdella robusta Previous studies have shown that a nanos-class gene is expressed zygotically in germline precursors of the leech, Helobdella robusta, as in arthropods and vertebrates, suggesting that this aspect of nanos-class gene function may have been present […]

STORZ, Brian L.: Investigating the Evolution of Polyphenism in North American Spadefoot Toads Using Phylogentic Inference Some North American spadefoot toads exhibit a striking morphological and behavioral polyphenism. Upon ingesting fairy shrimp or a dead conspecific, larvae may develop a carnivorous phenotype. The carnivore phenotype has an enlarged jaw musculature, a thickened beak, amongst other […]

WOHLGEMUTH, S.E.*; JULIAN, D.; ARP, A.J.: Induction of sulfide-oxidizing bodies in the epidermis of the annelid worm Branchioasychis americanus after sulfide exposure A characteristic feature of some sulfide-adapted marine invertebrates is the presence of electron-dense inclusion bodies in the epidermis, such as have been reported in the echiuran worm Urechis caupo and the clam Solemya […]

FASULO, V.; CAVIEDES-VIDAL, E.*; KARASOV, W.H.: In vivo modulation of intestinal paracellular absorption by mediated glucose transport D-glucose is absorbed along two paths: paracellular and transcellular. The transcellular path is mediated by an active cotransport system (SLGT1) and a non-active transport system (GLUT2). Luminal presence and absorption of some substances (e.g., D-glucose) through the apical […]

SMITH, SE; SWALLA, BJ: Identification of a New Enteropneust species, Saccoglossus barkleyii and related Enteropneust Worms in the Pacific Northwest Hemichordate enteropneust worms are benthic, intertidal animals with three distinct body parts � An anterior proboscis, a neck region, and a posterior gut and gonad region. We are interested in using hemichordates to investigate theories […]

YU, Xiaoli; MYKLES, Donald: ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A SKELETAL MUSCLE SPECIFIC CALPAIN FROM LOBSTER (Homarus americanus) Crustacean muscles contain four calcium-dependent cysteine proteinases (CDPs or calpains) which are involved in the degradation of myofibrillar proteins during a programmed atrophy associated with molting. Using nested PCR and inverse PCR, a full-length (1978 bp) lobster calpain […]

GREENE, H.M.*; COGGER, E.A.; MILTENBERGER, T.L.; KOCH, A.K.; BRAY, R.E.; WICKLER, S.J.: Hypoxic effects on metabolic function and fluid/electrolyte balance in exercising horses Physiological adjustments to altitude include not only respiratory and cardiovascular adjustments, but also renal and endocrine responses. In addition, hypoxia alters energy balance and metabolic function. Four horses and a pony were […]