grants from the“863”Hi-tech Research and Development Program of China(2012AA10A400-3);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31101897);the Shanghai Universities First-class Disciplines Project of Fisheries,and the Shanghai Universities Knowledge Service Platform(ZF1206).
The razor clam Sinonovacula constricta is widely distributed in the intertidal zones and estuarine waters along the coast of western Pacific Ocean and is extensively cultured.Even though haemocytes are known to play a...
The migratory locust Locusta migratoria(Orthoptera,Acrididae)is one of the most important pests due to its extensive and severe damage to crops in large parts of Africa and Asia.Biodegradable and ecologically natural ...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2018 YFD0900504);the Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (No. QNLM2016ORP0307);the Key Technology R&D Program of China (No. 2012BAD17B02)
Bivalve live in aquatic environment and the water temperature can affect their immunity directly.In this research,the scallop Chlamys farreri was injected with 10^4 or 10^7 CFU mL^-1 Vibrio anguillarum and cultured at...
Supported by the National Postdoctroal Fellowship of Science and Engineering Research Board,Department of Science and Technology,New Delhi,India(No.PDF/2015/000231)to the first author(TM)
A feeding experiment was conducted to evaluate the ef fects of bulk zinc(B-Zn) and zinc nanoparticles(Zn-NPs) on survival, growth, compositions of amino acid and fatty acid, and nonspeci?c immune responses of the fres...
Supported by the New Century Excellent Talents in University(No.NCET-06-0597);Introducing Talents of Discipline of Universities(111Project)(No.B08049)
We investigated the effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and dopamine (DA) on the activation of the prophenoloxidase (proPO) system of Litopenaeus vannamei. LPS and DA were shown with a negative dose-dependent ef...
conducted under the framework of the project P09-RNM-5136(Government of Andalu-sia,Spain);partially financed by the UN-ESCO/UNITWIN/WiCop as part of the research activities of the Erasmus Mundus Master's degree in Water and Coastal Management;the financial support from MAEC-AECID(Government of Spain),Becas Chile(Government of Chile),and Junta de Andaluc'a(Government of Andalusia,Spain)
Although pharmaceuticals have beendetected in the environment only in the range from ng/L to μg/L, it has beendemonstrated that they can adversely affect the health status of aquatic organisms. Lysosomal membrane sta...
Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No.2010CB126404);the CAS/SAFEA International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams (No.KZCX2-YW-T001);the Research Program for Young Scientists at SCSIO
Ubiquitin, a highly conserved stress-related protein, is assigned multiple functions, such as DNA processing, protein degradation, and ribosome synthesis. The Crassostrea hongkongensis ubiquitin gene (designated ChUbL...
financed by the Key Technology R&D Program from the Ministry of Science and Technology,China (2006BAD06A01);the Opening Subject of Hubei Key Lab of Animal Embryo & Molecular Breeding (2007ZD07);the Promoting Fund of Anhui Province Finance Department, China (05C1001)
The full-length cDNA sequence of prophenoloxidase was obtained through RACE technology. The complete cDNA sequence is 3 721-bp long, containing an open reading frame (ORF) of 1 881 bp, a 154-bp 5′-untranslated regi...
Light and electron microscopic studies were carried out in order to characterize haemocytes in the bivalve mollusc Meretrix meretrix. According to nucleus and cytoplasm characters, four types of haemocytes were recogn...