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...Stefanos Dailianis; Martha Kaloyianni SUMMARY The present study investigates the transduction pathway mediated by cadmium in isolated digestive gland cells of mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis . The effects of cadmium treatment on a key glycolytic enzyme, pyruvate kinase (PK), and on Na + /H...

... gland, connected to the gut by a digestive duct, includes two distinct structures. One, the digestive gland, produces enzymes and is also concerned with absorption of the fluid and particulate products of digestion. The other, the digestive gland appendage (the so-called ‘pancreas’), is composed...