(n.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pholas, or family Pholadidae. They bore holes for themselves in clay, peat, and soft rocks.
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(1) There are various types of photoproteins: the photoproteins of coelenterates, ctenophores and radiolarians require Ca2+ to trigger their luminescence; the photoproteins of the bivalve Pholas and of the scale worm appear to involve superoxide radicals and O2 in their light-emitting reactions; the photoprotein of euphausiid shrimps emits light only in the presence of a special fluorescent compound; the photoprotein of the millipede Luminodesmus, the only known example of terrestrial origin, requires ATP and Mg2+ to emit light.
(2) The LIA involved immobilization of the antigen in plastic tubes coated with purified anti-hCG antibody and detection of the immunocomplex by light emission in the presence of Pholas luciferin.
(3) Pholasin is the protein-bound luciferin from the bivalve mollusc Pholas dactylus which reacts with its luciferase and molecular oxygen to produce light.
(4) The luciferase of the bioluminescent boring mollusc, Pholas dactylus, has been purified by a new method which includes centrifugation in cesium chloride gradients.
(5) Pholasin is the photoprotein extracted from the marine bivalve Pholas dactylus.
(6) We now describe a new, simple, and highly sensitive method for the detection of chloramines, including taurine-chloramine, using the chemiluminescent probe Pholasin, the luciferin of the mollusc Pholas dactylus.
(7) A solid-phase luminescent immunoassay (LIA), based on the light emission produced as a result of the oxidation of Pholas dactylus luciferin by horseradish peroxidase (HRP) in the presence of molecular oxygen, was developed for human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG).
Piddock
Definition:
(n.) Any species of Pholas; a pholad. See Pholas.
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(1) As Professor Piddock has pointed out , with such scarcity of funding, research teams tend to compete against each other rather than collaborate.
(2) This underfunding was highlighted by Ellis Bragginton and Laura Piddock from Birmingham University, who found that of almost £14bn research funding for bacteriology in the UK from 2008 to 2013, just £95m (0.7%) was awarded for work on new antibiotics.
(3) Professor Laura Piddock, of the University of Birmingham's School of Immunity and Infection, called for action to counter the "spectre of untreatable infections".
(4) Laura Piddock, professor of microbiology and deputy director of the institute of microbiology and infection at the University of Birmingham and director of Antibiotic Action, said she was glad Davies was drawing political attention to the antibiotic discovery void.
(5) Prof Laura Piddock, director of Antibiotic Action and professor of microbiology at the University of Birmingham, said the evidence supported the serious concerns that antibiotic resistance would undermine many areas of medicine, including cancer treatment.