... Tunicate Ascidian Japan Society for the Promotion of Science http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001691 20K06713 23K05843 22H04827 23KJ0080 The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University Hirosaki University http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100005945...

... as the relative location (%) on a scale set along the longitudinal axis of the body, in which the position of the trunk–tail junction was defined as 0% and that of the tail tip (excluding the larval tunic) as 100%. Cut sites in the trunk were represented by negative values (see Results). The values for cut sites...

...Vladimir A. Golovko; Igor A. Kosevich; Mikhail A. Gonotkov ABSTRACT The mechanisms of action potential (AP) generation in the myoepithelial cells of the tunicate heart are not yet well understood. Here, an attempt was made to elucidate these mechanisms by analyzing the effects of specific blockers...

... of the cleared particles. We present pumping rates for three species of suspension feeders, the clams Mya arenaria and Mercenaria mercenaria and the tunicate Ciona intestinalis , measured using a direct method based on particle image velocimetry (PIV). Past uses of PIV in suspension-feeding studies have been...

.... By modifying expression levels and the intrinsic biophysical properties of Kv4 channels, KChIPs modulate the excitability properties of neurons and myocytes. We studied how a Kv4 channel from a tunicate, the first branching clade of the chordates, is modulated by endogenous KChIP subunits. BLAST searches...

... in ionophore-challenged tissues from the tunicate, Ciona intestinalis . Because this approach without HPLC or some other form of high-resolution purification cannot differentiate between 2- and 3-series PGs (and other non-PG components), they expressed their results as `ng immunoreactive PGE'rather than ng...

... macrophage BHT antioxidant tunicate B. schlosseri Apoptotic cell recognition, engulfment and cell corpse digestion are the final stages in the process of apoptosis. This selective elimination pathway of dying cells is carried out by a variety of phagocytic cells, including macrophages. Studies...