scholarly journals Population dynamics and secondary production of juvenile white shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus) along an estuarine salinity gradient

2016 ◽  
Vol 115 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin M. Mace, III ◽  
Lawrence P. Rozas
2016 ◽  
Vol 320 ◽  
pp. 776-787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey C. Cornwell ◽  
Michael S. Owens ◽  
Walter R. Boynton ◽  
Lora A. Harris

2004 ◽  
Vol 381 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon J. CUTHBERTSON ◽  
Erika E. BÜLLESBACH ◽  
Julie FIEVET ◽  
Evelyne BACHÈRE ◽  
Paul S. GROSS

A highly pure, chemically defined representative of a new class of antimicrobial peptide from the Atlantic white shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus), penaeidin class 4 [Pen4-1 (penaeidin class 4 isoform 1)], was produced synthetically. Chemical synthesis was achieved by native ligation from two separate domains yielding a bioactive peptide that reflected the characteristics of native penaeidin. Synthetic Pen4-1 proved to be an effective antimicrobial peptide, particularly against the broad-spectrum pathogen Fusarium oxysporum, exhibiting a complex effect on reproductive growth at inhibitory concentrations resulting in the suppression of spore formation. Pen4-1 exhibits unique features [not previously observed for penaeidins from the Pacific white shrimp (L. vannamei)], including target-species specificity against Gram-positive bacteria, indicating a potential partitioning of antimicrobial function among this family of peptides. The proline-rich domain of penaeidin class 4 alone was an active antimicrobial peptide, having the same target range as the full-length Pen4-1. These findings indicate that the proline-rich domain of penaeidin is sufficient to confer target specificity and that divergence in this domain between classes can result in a gain in antimicrobial function as observed for the proline-rich domain of Pen4-1.


2005 ◽  
Vol 1724 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 86-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Alpuche ◽  
Ali Pereyra ◽  
Concepción Agundis ◽  
Carlos Rosas ◽  
Cristina Pascual ◽  
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