Characteristics of chitin synthase (CHS) gene and its function in polyspermy blocking in the blood clamTegillarca granosa

Ocean acidification weakens the immune response of blood clam through hampering the NF-kappa β and toll-like receptor pathways

(2016) Saixi Liu et al.   FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY

Ocean acidification increases cadmium accumulation in marine bivalves: a potential threat to seafood safety

(2016) Wei Shi et al.   Scientific Reports

Effects of anthropogenic sound on digging behavior, metabolism, Ca2+/Mg2+ ATPase activity, and metabolism-related gene expression of the bivalve Sinonovacula constricta

(2016) Chao Peng et al.   Scientific Reports

Caspofungin Treatment of Aspergillus fumigatus Results in ChsG-Dependent Upregulation of Chitin Synthesis and the Formation of Chitin-Rich Microcolonies

(2015) Louise A. Walker et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Early Divergence, Broad Distribution, and High Diversity of Animal Chitin Synthases

(2014) Anne-C. Zakrzewski et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

The need of MMP-2 on the sperm surface for Xenopus fertilization: Its role in a fast electrical block to polyspermy

(2014) Yasuhiro Iwao et al.   MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT

Chitin synthase A: a novel epidermal development regulation gene in the larvae of Bombyx mori

(2014) Weiwei Zhuo et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS

Effect of Chronic Sublethal Exposure of Major Heavy Metals on Filtration Rate, Sex Ratio, and Gonad Development of a Bivalve Species

(2013) G. X. Liu et al.   BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY

Diversity in the fertilization envelopes of echinoderms

(2013) Nathalie Oulhen et al.   EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT

Nikkomycin Z is an effective inhibitor of the chytrid fungus linked to global amphibian declines

(2013) Whitney M. Holden et al.   Fungal Biology

How carbohydrates sculpt cells: chemical control of morphogenesis in the yeast cell wall

(2013) Enrico Cabib et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Effects of Ocean Acidification and Warming on Sperm Activity and Early Life Stages of the Mediterranean Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)

(2013) Mikko Vihtakari et al.   Water

Hierarchical assembly of the eggshell and permeability barrier inC. elegans

(2012) Sara K. Olson et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Egg activation in physiological polyspermy

(2012) Yasuhiro Iwao   REPRODUCTION

The effects of sperm-egg ratios on polyspermy in the blood clam, Tegillarca granosa

(2011) Yinghui Dong et al.   AQUACULTURE RESEARCH

Transmembrane myosin chitin synthase involved in mollusc shell formation produced in Dictyostelium is active

(2011) Veronika Schönitzer et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

The cellular basis of chitin synthesis in fungi and insects: Common principles and differences

(2011) Hans Merzendorfer   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Quantitative analysis of sperm plane circular movement in the blue mussels Mytilus edulis, M. trossulus and their hybrids

(2011) Guangxu Liu et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Eggshell Chitin and Chitin-Interacting Proteins Prevent Polyspermy in C. elegans

(2010) Wendy L. Johnston et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Hormone-induced cortical maturation ensures the slow block to polyspermy and does not couple with meiotic maturation in starfish

(2008) Noritaka Hirohashi et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Renovation of the egg extracellular matrix at fertilization

(2008) Julian L. Wong et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Rab11 is required for synchronous secretion of chondroitin proteoglycans after fertilization in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2008) M. Sato et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE