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Octopus

Known as: Octopuses, Octopoda, Octopuse 
An eight-armed cephalopod mollusk belonging to the order Octopoda. It includes the octopus as food.
National Institutes of Health

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CephalopodaMolluscaOctopodiformes
Eledone cirrhosa (invertebrate)Octopus, Dietary

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2009
2009
Active Substances in the Posterior Salivary Glands of Octopoda. II. Tyramine and Octopamine (Oxyoctopamine).
1997
1997
A novel monoantennary complex-type sugar chain found in octopus rhodopsin: occurrence of the Gal beta1-->4Fuc group linked to the proximal N-acetylglucosamine residue of the trimannosyl core.
The N-linked sugar chains were liberated as oligosaccharides from octopus rhodopsin by hydrazinolysis. Most of the… 
1996
1996
Simple purification and functional reconstitution of octopus photoreceptor Gq, which couples rhodopsin to phospholipase C.
In invertebrate photoreceptors, illuminated rhodopsin activates multiple G proteins, which are assumed to initiate multiple… 
1995
1995
The molecular phylogeny of five eastern north Pacific octopus species.
The DNA sequence of a 612-nucleotide fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit III gene from five Octopus species… 
1995
1995
Octopus S-crystallins with endogenous glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity: sequence comparison and evolutionary relationships with authentic GST enzymes.
S-Crystallin is a major protein present in the lenses of cephalopods (octopus and squid). To facilitate the cloning of this… 
1988
1988
Trans-Panamanian geminate octopods (Mollusca: Octopoda)
1981
1981
Methods for the aquarium maintenance of the common octopus of British waters, Eledone cirrhosa
Healthy, undamaged specimens survive well in recirculating aquarium seawater of about 36 parts per thousand salinity and pH 7·4… 
1980
1980
A closed marine culture system for rearing Octopus joubini and other large-egged benthic octopods
The system consists of 2 adjoining 150 litre aquaria, one functioning as the water-conditioning tank and the other as the… 
1969
1969
GLUCOSE AND AMINO ACID METABOLISM IN OCTOPUS OPTIC AND VERTICAL LOBES IN VITRO
(1) The metabolism of glucose and amino acids in vitro was compared in the rat cerebral cortex and the optic and vertical lobes… 
1954
1954
ENZYMIC OXIDATION OF AMINES IN DECAPODS
1. The enzyme amine oxidase has been found in many organs of Sepia officinalis and of Loligo forbesii . 2. The enzyme oxidizes… 
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