LAPP protein, Haementeria officinalis

 

The  most  important   environmental    factors   influencing   the  number and  kind of leeches  in a given  habitat  are:  food… Expand

1. Crude salivary gland extract of the giant Amazon leech, Haementeria ghilianii, contains an inhibitor of plasma factor XIIIa. 2… Expand

The blood-sucking leech, Haementeria ghilianii, has evolved a number of agents that attenuate haemostasis. Recently we have… Expand

The giant Amazon leech Haementeria ghilianii feeds by inserting an exceedingly long tubular proboscis (up to 10 cm) deep into its… Expand

The giant anterior salivary gland cells from the large mammalian blood-sucking, glossiphoniid leech, Haementeria ghilianii, can… Expand

The sharp, nonoverlapping boundaries of the major and minor receptive fields of the mechanosensory neuron Pv of the leech, as… Expand

The leech Haementeria ghilianii contains the anticoagulant hementin in its salivary glands, which renders ingested blood… Expand

Abstract The giant leech, Haementeria ghilianii, originating from French Guyana, has two pairs of salivary glands. From the… Expand

The number of neurons and their distribution were determined for specific segmental ganglia from the nerve cord of four different… Expand