... ). The adhesive strategies of cyprids and development of barnacle-resistant marine coatings . Biofouling   24 , 351 - 363 . 10.1080/08927010802256117 Barnes , H. and Barnes , M. ( 1977 ). Studies on the reproduction of cirripedes. I. Introduction: copulation, release of oocytes, and formation...

... or financial interests. 2 8 2017 19 2 2018 © 2018. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2018 http://www.biologists.com/user-licence-1-1/ Summary: HSP90 mediates the larval settlement process of Bugula neritina by interacting with the NO pathway. Biofouling Larval...

.... COMPETING INTERESTS No competing interests declared. 4 1 2013 15 2 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 adhesion adhesive barnacle biofouling cement cyprid Recent decades have seen a proliferation of research into biological adhesives...

... amphitrite biofouling glycosylation mannose pheromone The settlement-inducing protein complex (SIPC) is a contact pheromone that has been identified as the primary mediator of gregarious settlement in the barnacle Balanus amphitrite , though other chemical signals are involved ( Clare, 2011...

... polymerization coagulation trypsin-like serine protease transglutaminase Balanus amphitrite biofouling The fitness of sessile organisms is dependent on a reliable attachment mechanism. For marine organisms that permanently attach to hard substrates,attachment is typically derived from a secreted...

... freshwater biofouling species. We have successfully expressed a full-length version of Dreissena polymorpha foot protein 1 (Dpfp1), a putative byssal thread precursor, and have used the recombinant protein as an antigen for polyclonal antibody production. Antisera obtained from rabbits immunized...

..., USA (e-mail: [email protected] ) 26 5 1998 27 7 1998 © The Company of Biologists Limited 1998 ascidian Botrylloides biofouling tenacity adhesion reattachment Compound ascidians grow as sheet-like colonies of zooids embedded in a common extracellular...