Insights from an integrated view of the biology of apple snails (Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae)

KA Hayes, RL Burks, A Castro-Vazquez, PC Darby… - Malacologia, 2015 - BioOne
Apple snails (Ampullariidae) are among the largest and most ecologically important
freshwater snails. The introduction of multiple species has reinvigorated the field and …

[HTML][HTML] Sialic acid and biology of life: An introduction

S Ghosh - Sialic acids and sialoglycoconjugates in the biology of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Sialic acids are important molecule with high structural diversity. They are known to occur in
higher animals such as Echinoderms, Hemichordata, Cephalochorda, and Vertebrata and …

The role of the proteinase inhibitor ovorubin in apple snail eggs resembles plant embryo defense against predation

MS Dreon, S Ituarte, H Heras - PLoS One, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Fieldwork has thoroughly established that most eggs are intensely predated.
Among the few exceptions are the aerial egg clutches from the aquatic snail Pomacea …

First proteome of the egg perivitelline fluid of a freshwater gastropod with aerial oviposition

J Sun, H Zhang, H Wang, H Heras… - Journal of Proteome …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Pomacea canaliculata is a freshwater snail that deposits eggs on solid substrates above the
water surface. Previous studies have emphasized the nutritional and protective functions of …

The eggs of the apple snail Pomacea maculata are defended by indigestible polysaccharides and toxic proteins

ML Giglio, S Ituarte, MY Pasquevich… - Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
The freshwater snails Pomacea Perry, 1810 lay conspicuous aerial egg clutches that are
ignored by most predators. Egg biochemical defenses in the apple snail Pomacea …

An integrated proteomic and transcriptomic analysis of perivitelline fluid proteins in a freshwater gastropod laying aerial eggs

H Mu, J Sun, H Heras, KH Chu, JW Qiu - Journal of proteomics, 2017 - Elsevier
Proteins of the egg perivitelline fluid (PVF) that surrounds the embryo are critical for
embryonic development in many animals, but little is known about their identities. Using an …

The major egg reserve protein from the invasive apple snail Pomacea maculata is a complex carotenoprotein related to those of Pomacea canaliculata and Pomacea …

MY Pasquevich, MS Dreon, H Heras - Comparative Biochemistry and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Snails from the genus Pomacea lay conspicuous masses of brightly colored eggs above the
water. Coloration is given by carotenoproteins that also which play important roles in …

Agglutinating Activity and Structural Characterization of Scalarin, the Major Egg Protein of the Snail Pomacea scalaris (d'Orbigny, 1832)

S Ituarte, MS Dreon, M Ceolin, H Heras - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Apple snail perivitellins are emerging as ecologically important reproductive proteins. To
elucidate if the protective functions of the egg proteins of Pomacea canaliculata …

A lectin of a non-invasive apple snail as an egg defense against predation alters the rat gut morphophysiology

S Ituarte, TR Brola, PE Fernández, H Mu, JW Qiu… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The eggs of the freshwater Pomacea apple snails develop above the water level, exposed to
varied physical and biological stressors. Their high hatching success seems to be linked to …

A highly stable, non-digestible lectin from Pomacea diffusa unveils clade-related protection systems in apple snail eggs

TR Brola, MS Dreon, JW Qiu… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
The acquisition of egg protection is vital for species survival. Poisonous eggs from Pomacea
apple snails have defensive macromolecules for protection. Here we isolated and …