Fluorescent proteins and their applications in imaging living cells and tissues

DM Chudakov, MV Matz, S Lukyanov… - Physiological …, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
Green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria and its homologs from
diverse marine animals are widely used as universal genetically encoded fluorescent labels …

Microbial disease and the coral holobiont

DG Bourne, M Garren, TM Work, E Rosenberg… - Trends in …, 2009 - cell.com
Tropical coral reefs harbour a reservoir of enormous biodiversity that is increasingly
threatened by direct human activities and indirect global climate shifts. Emerging coral …

A stony coral cell atlas illuminates the molecular and cellular basis of coral symbiosis, calcification, and immunity

S Levy, A Elek, X Grau-Bové, S Menéndez-Bravo… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Stony corals are colonial cnidarians that sustain the most biodiverse marine ecosystems on
Earth: coral reefs. Despite their ecological importance, little is known about the cell types …

Scuba diving damage and intensity of tourist activities increases coral disease prevalence

JB Lamb, JD True, S Piromvaragorn, BL Willis - Biological Conservation, 2014 - Elsevier
Recreational diving and snorkeling on coral reefs is one of the fastest growing tourism
sectors globally. Damage associated with intensive recreational tourist use has been …

Stony coral tissue loss disease in Florida is associated with disruption of host–zooxanthellae physiology

JH Landsberg, Y Kiryu, EC Peters… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Samples from eight species of corals (Colpophyllia natans, Dendrogyra cylindrus, Diploria
labyrinthiformis, Meandrina meandrites, Montastraea cavernosa, Orbicella faveolata …

Sediment and turbidity associated with offshore dredging increase coral disease prevalence on nearby reefs

FJ Pollock, JB Lamb, SN Field, SF Heron… - PLOS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
In recent decades, coral reef ecosystems have declined to the extent that reefs are now
threatened globally. While many water quality parameters have been proposed to contribute …

The effects of anthropogenic global changes on immune functions and disease resistance

LB Martin, WA Hopkins, LD Mydlarz… - Annals of the New York …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Humans are changing the environmental conditions of our planet, and animal immune
functions are being affected by these modifications. For instance, a diversity of chemical …

Extensive differences in gene expression between symbiotic and aposymbiotic cnidarians

EM Lehnert, ME Mouchka, MS Burriesci… - G3: Genes …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Coral reefs provide habitats for a disproportionate number of marine species relative to the
small area of the oceans that they occupy. The mutualism between the cnidarian animal …

Coral fluorescent proteins as antioxidants

CV Palmer, CK Modi, LD Mydlarz - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background A wide array of fluorescent proteins (FP) is present in anthozoans, although
their biochemical characteristics and function in host tissue remain to be determined …

RNA-seq Profiles of Immune Related Genes in the Staghorn Coral Acropora cervicornis Infected with White Band Disease

S Libro, ST Kaluziak, SV Vollmer - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Coral diseases are among the most serious threats to coral reefs worldwide, yet most coral
diseases remain poorly understood. How the coral host responds to pathogen infection is an …