.... bicolor and P. nobilis threads are significantly different from the other species, suggesting a different underlying structural strategy. Determination of metal contents showed that the individual concentration of inorganic elements varies, but that the dominant elements are conserved between species...

...Monica D. Poteat; David B. Buchwalter Calcium sequestration in the hypo-osmotic freshwater environment is imperative in maintaining calcium homeostasis in freshwater aquatic organisms. This uptake process is reported to have the unintended consequence of potentially toxic heavy metal (Cd, Zn...

...Monica D. Poteat; Mauricio Díaz-Jaramillo; David B. Buchwalter SUMMARY Despite their ecological importance and prevalent use as ecological indicators, the trace element physiology of aquatic insects remains poorly studied. Understanding divalent metal transport processes at the water–insect...

...Lucia Bettedi; Mohamad F. Aslam; Joanna Szular; Konstantinos Mandilaras; Fanis Missirlis Malvolio ( Mvl ) encodes the sole Drosophila melanogaster homologue of divalent metal transporter-1 (DMT1). The Drosophila transporter has been implicated in iron, manganese and copper cellular import. Indeed...