scholarly journals Phthalates modulate steroid 5-reductase transcripts in the Western clawed frog embryo

2018 ◽  
Vol 213 ◽  
pp. 39-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonja Bissegger ◽  
Marco A. Pineda Castro ◽  
Viviane Yargeau ◽  
Valerie S. Langlois
Keyword(s):  
Frog Embryo ◽  
Clawed Frog

Androgen-induced plasticity at a “vocal” neuromuscular synapse

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 32-33
Author(s):  
Darcy B. Kelley ◽  
Martha L. Tobias ◽  
Mark Ellisman
Keyword(s):  
Xenopus Laevis ◽  
Motor Neurons ◽  
Sexual Differentiation ◽  
Molecular Basis ◽  
Neuromuscular Synapse ◽  
Sexually Dimorphic ◽  
Intracellular Protein ◽  
Developmental Program ◽  
Androgen Action ◽  
Clawed Frog

Brain and muscle are sexually differentiated tissues in which masculinization is controlled by the secretion of androgens from the testes. Sensitivity to androgen is conferred by the expression of an intracellular protein, the androgen receptor. A central problem of sexual differentiation is thus to understand the cellular and molecular basis of androgen action. We do not understand how hormone occupancy of a receptor translates into an alteration in the developmental program of the target cell. Our studies on sexual differentiation of brain and muscle in Xenopus laevis are designed to explore the molecular basis of androgen induced sexual differentiation by examining how this hormone controls the masculinization of brain and muscle targets.Our approach to this problem has focused on a highly androgen sensitive, sexually dimorphic neuromuscular system: laryngeal muscles and motor neurons of the clawed frog, Xenopus laevis. We have been studying sex differences at a synapse, the laryngeal neuromuscular junction, which mediates sexually dimorphic vocal behavior in Xenopus laevis frogs.

Purification and properties of antimicrobial peptides from skin secretions of the Eritrea clawed frog Xenopus clivii (Pipidae)

2011 ◽  
Vol 153 (3) ◽  
pp. 350-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Michael Conlon ◽  
Milena Mechkarska ◽  
Eman Ahmed ◽  
Jérôme Leprince ◽  
Hubert Vaudry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Peptides ◽  
Purification And Properties ◽  
Skin Secretions ◽  
Clawed Frog

Expression of carnosine-like immunoreactivity during retinal development in the clawed frog (Xenopus laevis)

1992 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco SassoèPognetto ◽  
Patrizia Panzanelli ◽  
Aldo Fasolo ◽  
Dario Cantino
Keyword(s):  
Xenopus Laevis ◽  
Retinal Development ◽  
Clawed Frog

scholarly journals A review on the animal xenodiversity in Sicilian inland waters (Italy)

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1/2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Marrone ◽  
Luigi Naselli-Flores
Keyword(s):  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Inland Waters ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Indigenous Species ◽  
Native Structure ◽  
African Clawed Frog ◽  
Extensive Literature Search ◽  
Non Indigenous Species ◽  
Clawed Frog

This paper reviews the available knowledge about faunal xenodiversity in Sicilian inland waters (Italy). The aim is to provide an updated checklist and bibliography of those non-indigenous species (NIS) which occur in the island, and to identify possible threats to its native biological diversity. Data were collected through an extensive literature search which encompassed also local journals, books, congress abstracts, and other grey literature. All the collected data were critically revised and, when possible, verified by consulting available collections or through dedicated sampling surveys. Only those data contained in reports indicating precise occurrence localities, which were confirmed by our own observations and\or by at least two independent sources including at least a peer-reviewed publication, were considered as certain. Data in literature that did not meet these criteria were considered doubtful and reported separately as unverified. The information provided by websites has been excluded as it often contains unfounded and\or erroneous data. The fauna of Sicilian inland waters host at present 31 confirmed NIS. In addition, the presence of further 11 taxa is dubious. Among the v<em>erified data</em>, invertebrate and vertebrate taxa are nearly equally represented, with 15 and 16 taxa, respectively. With 16 species, the phylum Chordata is by far the most represented, followed by Mollusca (8 species) and Arthropoda (6 species). Most of these species were detected in the last 30 years due to the lack of previous regular studies on Sicilian freshwaters. With few exceptions (<em>e.g</em>., the recent introduction of <em>Xenopus laevis</em>, the African clawed frog), NIS’ effects on native biota have not extensively studied in the island yet. Although the top-down effects caused by introduced vertebrate taxa are known to deeply modify the native structure of the biota, little information is available on the impacts caused by invertebrate taxa, especially the microscopic ones. The presence in Sicily of 11 nonnative species of bony fish is probably the most impacting threat to autochthonous fauna through predation, competition and hybridisation. The results shown in the paper highlight the importance and the urgency of more exhaustive investigations on NIS in Sicilian freshwaters with special regard to less charismatic taxa whose effects on the native biota have never been evaluated yet.

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