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Molluscan Comparative Immunology (MCI) Group

Alexander M. Gorbushin

" A naturalist's life would be a happy one if he has to observe only and never to write..."

Ch. Darwin

PhD,  Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry
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pr. Torez 44, Saint-Petersburg, 194223 Russia
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Publications:

Gorbushin A.M., Iakovleva N.V., 2007. Functional characterization of Littorina littorea (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) blood cells. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 87: 741-746 (PDF-164kb)

Gorbushin A.M., Iakovleva N.V., 2006. Haemogram of Littorina littorea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 86: 1175-1181 (PDF-4026kb)

Iakovleva N.V., Gorbushin A.M., Storey K.B., 2006. Modulation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) activity in response to different immune stimuli in haemocytes of the common periwinkle Littorina littorea. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 21(3): 315-324 (PDF-451kb).

Iakovleva N.V., Shaposhnikova T.G., Gorbushin A.M., 2006. Rediae of echinostomatid and heterophyid trematodes suppress phagocytosis of haemocytes in Littorina littorea (Gastropoda:Prosobranchia). Experimental Parasitology, 113(1): 24-29 (PDF-207kb).

Iakovleva N.V, Gorbushin A.M, Zelck U.E., 2006. Partial characterization of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) from haemocytes of the common periwinkle, Littorina littorea (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Fish and Shellfish Immunology. 20(4): 665-668. Epub Oct 4

Gorbushin, A., Levakin, I., 2005. Encystment in vitro of the Cercariae Himasthla elongata (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology, MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica, 41(4), pp. 428-436 (PDF-350kb)

Iakovleva, N., Gorbushin, A. 2005 Carbohydrate Mimicry of the Parasite in the Himasthla elongata (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae)-Littorina littorea (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) System. Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology, MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 143-149 (PDF-79kb)

Gorbushin A.M., Shaposhnikova T.G. 2002 In vitro culture of the avian echinostome Himasthla elongata: from redia to marita. Experimental Parasitology, 101, 234–239 (PDF-223kb)

Yakovleva N.V., M.P. Samoilovich & A.M. Gorbushin 2001 The diversity of defence strategies against pathogens in Mollusca. Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology, 37 (4), 358-367 (PDF-242 kb)

Gorbushin A.M., Levakin I., Panchina N.A., Panchin Y.V. 2001 Hydrobia ulvae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia): a new model for regeneration studies. J. Exp. Biol., 204, 283-289. [Summary] [PDF-546kb]

Gorbushin A.M. 2000 Comparative morphofunctional analysis of the gastropod-trematode interactions. Parazitologiia, 34, 502-514 [In Russian, English summary]

Gorbushin A.M., I.A. Levakin, 1999 The effect of Trematode parthenitae on the growth of Onoba aculeus, Littorina saxatilis and L. obtusata (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). J.Mar.Biol.Ass.UK , 79, 273-279. [Summary] [Text+Figures]

Mouritsen, Kim N. , A.M. Gorbushin and K. Thomas Jensen, 1999. Influence of trematode infections on in situ growth rates of Littorina littorea. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K 79, 425-430. [Summary]

Gorbushin A.M. 1997 Field evidence for trematode – induced gigantism in Hydrobia spp. (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 77, 785-800. [Text + Figures]

Gorbushin A.M., V.Ja. Berger, 1996 Tolerance and resistance to abiotic factors in the White Sea mud snails (Hydrobiidae). Proc. 31st EMBS, S.-Petersburg.

Gorbushin A.M. 1996 The enigma of mud snail shell growth: asymmetrical competition or character displacement? Oikos, 77, 85-92. PDF-684kb [Summary]

Granovitch A.I., A.M.Gorbushin, 1995 The differences between infestation rates of females and males in intertidal snails from gen. Littorina and Hydrobia infected by trematode parthenites. Parasitologia, 29(3), 167-178. [In Russian, English summary]

Gorbushin A.M. 1993 Structure of the lines of winter growth interruption and their formation in the shells of Hydrobia ulvae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) in the White Sea. Zool. Zhurnal, 72(11) 29-34 [In Russian, English summary]

Gorbushin A.M. 1992 On species composition of mollusks from the genus Hydrobia (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) in the White Sea. Zool. Zhurnal, 71(9) 47-56 [In Russian, English summary]

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