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    Onset of and recovery from physiological stress in Liocarcinus depurator after trawling and air exposure under different seasonal conditions

    The onset of and recovery from physiological stress in Liocarcinus depurator (Decapoda: Portunidae), that were trawled and subjected to emersion during fishing activities, was analysed in a field study in the Nor...

    S. Raicevich, F. Giomi, F. Pranovi, O. Giovanardi, P. Di Muro in Hydrobiologia (2011)

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    Structural and functional heterogeneity of hemocyanin: intra- and inter-specific comparison in four species of portunid crabs (Crustacea: Portunidae)

    This work is focused on hemocyanin (Hc) heterogeneity at population level and on the biochemical characterization of the different subunit patterns. Two different approaches have been used: we have characteriz...

    F. Giomi, S. Raicevich, A. Ferrarese, F. Pranovi, P. Di Muro in Marine Biology (2007)

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    Copper and zinc dismetabolism in the mouse brain upon chronic cuprizone treatment

    Recent reports describe successful treatment using copper chelation therapy in neurodegenerative animal models. However, the success claimed for chelation therapy in neurodegenerative diseases is still rather ...

    P. Zatta, M. Raso, P. Zambenedetti in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS (2005)

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    Comparison of the X-ray absorption properties of the binuclear active site of molluscan and arthropodan hemocyanins

    The structural characteristics of oxy- and deoxy-hemocyanins have been investigated using X-ray absorption spectroscopy both in the near-edge (XANES) and for the first shell contribution in the EXAFS region. ...

    A. Sabatucci, I. Ascone, L. Bubacco in JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemi… (2002)

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    Effects of environmental parameters on the oxygen consumption of four marine invertebrates: a comparative factorial study

    The oxygen consumption curves of two decapod crustaceans (Palaemon serratus, Penaeus monodon) and two prosobranch molluscs (Trunculariopsis trunculus, Nassarius mutabilis) have been detected in the entire pO2 in...

    B. Salvato, V. Cuomo, P. Di Muro, M. Beltramini in Marine Biology (2001)

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    Respiratory pigments of Yoldia eightsi, an Antarctic bivalve

    Yoldia eightsi, an infaunal protobranch bivalve inhabiting the soft sediments of the Antarctic Sea, contains hemocyanin in its hemolymph and an intracellular hemoglobin in its gills. The...

    E. Angelini, B. Salvato, P. Di Muro, M. Beltramini in Marine Biology (1998)

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    Copper Depletion/Repletion of the Catalytic Centre of Ceruloplasmin as Monitored by Light Absorption, Fluorescence, EPR and Atomic Absorption Spectra

    0.1 mM human ceruloplasmin (CP) was dialyzed against 25 mM KCN in Tris/HCl, pH=7.0, at 4°C for 2,4,6,22 and 28 hrs, then 16 hrs against 10 mM EDTA 12-hr dialysis without EDTA followed. Copper in CP was measure...

    V. B. Vassiliev, A. M. Kachurin, V. S. Gaitskhoki in Spectroscopy of Biological Molecules (1995)

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    Luminescence Emission from the Cu(I)-Thiolate Complex in Metallothioneins

    The luminescence emission properties of Cu-metallothioneins (from Neurospora crassa, Agaricus bisporus and livers of Bedlington terriers affected by copper toxicoses as well as of (Cu,Zn)-metallothionein from bov...

    M. Beltramini, K. Münger, U. A. Germann, Dr. Konrad Lerch in Metallothionein II (1987)

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    Half-apo Derivatives of Hemocyanins

    A number of experimental evidences have indicated that the two copper ions in the site of hemocyanin (Hc) are differently shielded by the protein matrix, thus showing asymmetrical chemical behaviour (1, 2,3). ...

    M. Beltramini, A. Piazzesi, M. Alviggi, F. Ricchelli in Invertebrate Oxygen Carriers (1986)

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    Effects of Solvent Composition on Hemocyanin Conformation

    The conformation of proteins is due to the balance of the electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions which develop either within aminoacid side chains or between these and the solvent. All chemical and/or phys...

    M. Beltramini, A. Piazzesi, M. Alviggi, F. Ricchelli in Invertebrate Oxygen Carriers (1986)

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    Spectroscopic Characterization of a Co(II) Derivative of Carcinus maenas Hemocyanin

    The substitution of the metal with Co(II) is a useful technique for studying the structure of the active site of metalloproteins and metalloenzymes. As known, Co(II) ions have unique spectroscopic and magnetic...

    B. Salvato, M. Beltramini, A. Piazzesi, M. Alviggi in Invertebrate Oxygen Carriers (1986)

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    Neurospora Tyrosinase: Intrinsic and Extrinsic Fluorescence

    The comparison of the tryptophan emission in different derivatives of Neurospora tyrosinase indicates the presence of tryptophan residue(s) near the copper active site. For the tryptophan-copper site pair, intera...

    M. Beltramini, K. Lerch in The Coordination Chemistry of Metalloenzymes (1983)