... amphitrite Settlement-inducing protein complex Gregarious settlement Predation Biofouling The reproductive behaviour of barnacles has always fascinated scientists, among them Charles Darwin ( Darwin, 1854 ), partly because their sessile trait makes them adopt reproductive strategies that rely...

... 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...

... of cyprids and development of barnacle-resistant marine coatings . Biofouling   24 , 351 - 363 . Callow   J. A. , Callow   M. E. ( 2011 ). Trends in the development of environmentally friendly fouling-resistant marine coatings . Nat. Commun.   2 , 244 . Ederth   T. , Ekblad   T...

... of the amino acid sequence ( Meissner et al., 2003 ). Comparison of the sequence with that of the American counterpart, Panulirus interruptus , showed more than 80% sequence homology. © 2012. 2012 Balanus amphitrite biofouling glycosylation mannose pheromone The settlement-inducing...

... polymerization coagulation trypsin-like serine protease transglutaminase Balanus amphitrite biofouling Here, we used evolutionary concepts of conservation and relatedness of essential physiological mechanisms to gain insight into the process of barnacle cement polymerization. Barnacle adhesive...

... 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...