2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Molecular mechanism of establishment of symbiosis between corals and zooxanthellae
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22580228
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Fisheries chemistry
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| Research Institution | Kitasato University |
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Principal Investigator |
JIMBO Mitsuru 北里大学, 海洋生命科学部, 准教授 (10291650)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | サンゴ / レクチン / 共生 / 糖鎖 / 褐虫藻 |
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| Research Abstract |
We searched coral lectins involved in the acquisition of Symbiodinium. A lectin SLL-2 purified from Sinularia lochmodes transform Symbiodinium to the coccoid form which is similar to symbiotic form of them. This resulted from binding of SLL-2 to the Forssman like glycosphingolipid on the surface of Symbiodinium. A lectin from Ctenactis echinata attracted Symbiodinium which can symbiose with the coral. The lectin from Acropora tenuis involved in the acquisition of Symbiodinium. These indicated that The acquisition mechanism of Symbiodinium by corals has at least two steps, attraction and acquisition.
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Research Products
(9 results)
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[Journal Article] Possible involvement of glycolipids in lectin-mediated cellular transformation of symbiotic microalgae in corals2013
Author(s)
Jimbo, M., Suda, Y., Koike, K., Nakamura-Tsuruta, S., Kominami, J., Kamei, M., Hirabayashi, J., Sakai, R., and Kamiya, H
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Journal Title
J Exp Mar Biol Ecol
Volume: 439
DOI
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[Presentation]2013
Author(s)
竹内亮太,吉武美乃里,谷本典加,神保充,安元剛,渡部終五
Organizer
平成25年度日本水産学会春季大会
Place of Presentation
東京海洋大学
Year and Date
2013-03-27
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