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ArticleScientific reports2017

Identification of conserved proteins from diverse shell matrix proteome in Crassostrea gigas: characterization of genetic bases regulating shell formation.

Dandan Feng, Qi Li, Hong Yu, Lingfeng Kong, Shaojun Du

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Dandan FengKey Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
Qi LiKey Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
Hong YuKey Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
Lingfeng KongKey Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
Shaojun DuInstitute of Marine and Environmental Technology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Ocean University of China · CNUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The calcifying shell is an excellent model for studying biomineralization and evolution. However, the molecular mechanisms of shell formation are only beginning to be elucidated in Mollusca. It is known that shell matrix proteins (SMPs) play important roles in shell formation. With increasing data of shell matrix proteomes from various species, we carried out a BLASTp bioinformatics analysis using the shell matrix proteome from Crassostrea gigas against 443 SMPs from nine other species. The highly conserved tyrosinase and chitin related proteins were identified in bivalve. In addition, the relatively conserved proteins containing domains of carbonic anhydrase, Sushi, Von Willebrand factor type A, and chitin binding, were identified from all the ten species. Moreover, 25 genes encoding SMPs were annotated and characterized that are involved in CaCO

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AnimalsAnimal ShellsBivalviaCalcification, PhysiologicCrassostreaGastropodaInvertebratesPhylogenyProteomeProteome

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