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Spisula

Known as: Spisulas 
A genus of surf clams in the family Mactridae, class BIVALVIA. They are often used in EMBRYOLOGY research.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
New Marine Derived Anticancer Therapeutics ─ A Journey from the Sea to Clinical Trials
Nature has been instrumental as a source for therapeutics. Despite the fact that we live in an oceanic planet, a number of… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
A new precursor for the immobilization of enzymes inside sol-gel-derived hybrid silica nanocomposites containing polysaccharides.
Review
1998
Review
1998
Paralytic Shellfish Toxins in Bivalve Molluscs: Occurrence, Transfer Kinetics, and Biotransformation
This is a critical review of the global distribution, sources of variation in toxicity, anatomical partitioning, metabolism, and… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Centrosomes Isolated from Spisula solidissima Oocytes Contain Rings and an Unusual Stoichiometric Ratio of α/β Tubulin
Centrosome-dependent microtubule nucleation involves the interaction of tubulin subunits with pericentriolar material. To study… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Centriole duplication in lysates of Spisula solidissima oocytes.
A cell-free system has been developed that executes centriole duplication. Surf clam (Spisula solidissima) oocytes, arrested at… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Efficiency of particle retention and filtration rate in 6 species of Northeast American bivalves
Particle retention efficiency in 6 species of suspension-feeding Northeast American bivalves was determined by simultaneous… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Cyclin: A protein specified by maternal mRNA in sea urchin eggs that is destroyed at each cleavage division
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Particle selection in suspension-feeding bivalves
Particle selection was studied in 10 species of suspension-feeding bivalves by comparing the proportion of algae in the… 
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Effects of cytochalasin B on sperm--egg interactions.
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF BASOPHILIC STRUCTURES OF SOME INVERTEBRATE OOCYTES
Highly basophilic plate-shaped regions from oocytes of the surf clam have been examined with the electron microscope. The regions… 
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