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SUBMITTER: Shimizu K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6368272 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shimizu Keisuke K Kimura Kazuki K Isowa Yukinobu Y Oshima Kenshiro K Ishikawa Makiko M Kagi Hiroyuki H Kito Keiji K Hattori Masahira M Chiba Satoshi S Endo Kazuyoshi K
Genome biology and evolution 20190201 2
Over the past decade, many skeletal matrix proteins that are possibly related to calcification have been reported in various calcifying animals. Molluscs are among the most diverse calcifying animals and some gastropods have adapted to terrestrial ecological niches. Although many shell matrix proteins (SMPs) have already been reported in molluscs, most reports have focused on marine molluscs, and the SMPs of terrestrial snails remain unclear. In addition, some terrestrial stylommatophoran snails ...[more]