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Other Formats: Links: Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 1999 Oct;37(3):385-388

Metal Concentrations in the Eggs of Endangered Florida Scrub-Jays from Central Florida.
Burger J, Woolfenden GE, Gochfeld M Division of Life Sciences, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8082, USA [Record supplied by publisher] We analyzed metal levels in the eggs of the endangered Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens), an extremely sedentary and modestly long-lived passerine bird. Eggs were obtained as part of the long-term study of this species at the Archbold Biological Station, located in south central Florida. Following a brief and usually short dispersal, Florida scrub-jays remain in a permanent territory in their scrub oak habitat, where they feed mainly on insects and acorns. As they are low on the food chain and sedentary, we expected levels of contaminants to be comparatively low and to reflect the local environment. No significant yearly differences existed for any metal between eggs collected in 1997 (n = 11) and 1998 (n = 5). Arithmetic mean metal concentrations (whole egg, dry weight) were low for arsenic (34 ppb), cadmium (25 ppb), mercury (74 ppb), and lead (66 ppb), intermediate for chromium (226 ppb), and higher for selenium (1,470 ppb) and manganese (2,230 ppb). Except for the low mercury value, all these means were within the range of mean values reported for a wide range of nonpasserine species, including those at high trophic levels, but are lower than concentrations associated with abnormalities in birds. The three essential elements (chromium, selenium, and manganese) were approximately normally distributed, whereas arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury were highly skewed (arithmetic mean much higher than geometric mean).http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/journals/00244/bibs/37n3p385.html PMID: 10473796 Save the above report in Macintosh Text format

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U77335 Aphelocoma coerulescens cytochrome-b gene, mitochondrial gene encoding mitochondrial protein, complete cds gi|1841724|gb|U77335.1|ACU77335 [1841724] (View GenBank report, FASTA report, ASN.1 report, Graphical view , 1 protein link , or 5731 nucleotide neighbors ) U23975 Aphelocoma coerulescens isolate 2.1 MHC class II B mRNA, partial cds gi|801934|gb|U23975.1|ACU23975 [801934] (View GenBank report, FASTA report, ASN.1 report, Graphical view , 1 MEDLINE link , 1 protein link , or 893 nucleotide neighbors ) U23973 Aphelocoma coerulescens isolate 1.2 MHC class II B mRNA, partial cds gi|801930|gb|U23973.1|ACU23973 [801930] (View GenBank report, FASTA report, ASN.1 report, Graphical view , 1 MEDLINE link , 1 protein link , or 847 nucleotide neighbors ) U23972 Aphelocoma coerulescens isolate 1.1 MHC class II B mRNA, partial cds gi|801928|gb|U23972.1|ACU23972 [801928] (View GenBank report, FASTA report, ASN.1 report, Graphical view , 1 MEDLINE link , 1 protein link , or 574 nucleotide neighbors ) U23966 Aphelocoma coerulescens isolate 3.6 MHC class II B mRNA, partial cds gi|801916|gb|U23966.1|ACU23966 [801916] (View GenBank report, FASTA report, ASN.1 report, Graphical view , 1 MEDLINE link , 1 protein link , or 786 nucleotide neighbors ) U23965 Aphelocoma coerulescens isolate 3.5 MHC class II B mRNA, partial cds gi|801914|gb|U23965.1|ACU23965 [801914] (View GenBank report, FASTA report, ASN.1 report, Graphical view , 1 MEDLINE link , 1 protein link , or 652 nucleotide neighbors ) U23964 Aphelocoma coerulescens isolate 3.4 MHC class II B mRNA, partial cds gi|801912|gb|U23964.1|ACU23964 [801912] (View GenBank report, FASTA report, ASN.1 report, Graphical view , 1 MEDLINE link , 1 protein link , or 535 nucleotide neighbors ) U23963 Aphelocoma coerulescens isolate 3.3 MHC class II B mRNA, partial cds gi|801910|gb|U23963.1|ACU23963 [801910] (View GenBank report, FASTA report, ASN.1 report, Graphical view , 1 MEDLINE link , 1 protein link , or 898 nucleotide neighbors ) U23962 Aphelocoma coerulescens isolate 3.2 MHC class II B mRNA, partial cds gi|801908|gb|U23962.1|ACU23962 [801908]
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GenBank Report
Other Formats: Links: LOCUS ACU23972 599 bp mRNA VRT 27-JUN-1996 DEFINITION Aphelocoma coerulescens isolate 1.1 MHC class II B mRNA, partial cds. ACCESSION U23972 NID g801928 VERSION U23972.1 GI:801928 KEYWORDS . SOURCE scrub jay. ORGANISM Aphelocoma coerulescens Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Archosauria; Aves; Neognathae; Passeriformes; Corvidae; Aphelocoma. REFERENCE 1 (sites) AUTHORS Edwards,S.V., Wakeland,E.K. and Potts,W.K. TITLE Contrasting histories of avian and mammalian Mhc genes revealed by class II B sequences from songbirds JOURNAL Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92 (26), 12200-12204 (1995) MEDLINE 96109233 REFERENCE 2 (bases 1 to 599) AUTHORS Edwards,S.V. TITLE Direct Submission JOURNAL Submitted (03-APR-1995) Scott V. Edwards, Zoology, University of Washington, 256 Kincaid Hall, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, USA FEATURES Location/Qualifiers source 1..599 /organism="Aphelocoma coerulescens" /isolate="1.1" /strain="California Scrub Jay" /db_xref="taxon:39617" /clone="67.7" /tissue_type="spleen" /dev_stage="adult" gene 1..599 /gene="MHC class II B" exon 1..24 /gene="MHC class II B" /note="encodes leader peptide" /number=1 CDS <1..>599 /gene="MHC class II B" /codon_start=1 /protein_id="AAB02900.1" /db_xref="PID:g801929" /db_xref="GI:801929" /translation="AAGEKLSRVLQLMVKYDCQFINGTEKVRLVQRDFYNRLQYLMYD SDVVHYVGFTPLGEKVARVWNSDPDFMEQRRAEVDTVCRDNYGVYTPFSVERRVLPSV SISLVPSSSQPSPGRLLCSVMDFYPAEIQVRWFQGQQELSGHVVATDIVPNGDWTYQL LVLLEIPPQRGVSYTCQVEHVSLEQPLSLHWEMPPDAGR" exon 25..279 /gene="MHC class II B" /note="encodes beta 1 peptide" /number=2 exon 280..573 /gene="MHC class II B" /note="encodes beta 2 peptide" /number=3 exon 574..599 /gene="MHC class II B" /note="encodes transmembrane domain" /number=4
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BASE COUNT 108 a 181 c 204 g 106 t ORIGIN 1 gctgcgggcg agaagctctc gagggtgctc cagttgatgg taaagtacga ctgtcagttc 61 atcaacggca cggagaaggt gaggttggtg cagagggatt tctacaaccg gctgcagtac 121 ctgatgtacg acagcgatgt ggtgcactac gtggggttca cccccttggg ggagaaggtt 181 gccagggtct ggaacagcga cccggatttc atggagcaaa gacgggctga ggtggacacg 241 gtctgccggg acaactacgg ggtgtacacc ccgttcagcg tggagcgccg agtgctcccc 301 agcgtgtcca tctcgctggt gccctcgagc tcccagccca gccccggccg cctgctctgc 361 tccgtgatgg atttctaccc tgccgagatc caggtgaggt ggttccaggg ccagcaggag 421 ctctcgggcc acgtggtggc caccgacatc gtccccaacg gggactggac ctaccagctg 481 ctggtgctgc tggaaattcc cccccagcgc ggggtcagct acacctgcca ggtggagcac 541 gtcagcctgg agcagccgct gagcctgcac tgggagatgc cgccggacgc cggccgcag //

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Aphelocoma coerulescens isolate 1.1 MHC class II B mRNA, partial cds Views: GenBank view FASTA view ASN.1 view Coding Regions Feature table
Organism: Aphelocoma coerulescens Genetic Code: 1 Lineage: Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Archosauria; Aves; Neognathae; Passeriformes; Corvidae; Aphelocoma. Contrasting histories of avian and mammalian Mhc genes revealed by class II B sequences from songbirds Edwards,S.V., Wakeland,E.K. and Potts,W.K. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92 (26), 12200-12204 (1995) 96109233 Direct Submission Edwards,S.V. Submitted (03-APR-1995) Scott V. Edwards, Zoology, University of Washington, 256 Kincaid Hall, Seattle, WA 98195-1800, USA Accession: U23972 Total Bases Sequenced: 599 bp Completed: May 9, 1995.

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AF033544 Corvus corax FhU2 microsatellite sequence gi|2642044|gb|AF033544.1|AF033544 [2642044] (View GenBank report, FASTA report, ASN.1 report, Graphical view , 2 MEDLINE links , or 6 nucleotide neighbors ) AF033544 Corvus corax FhU2 microsatellite sequence gi|2642044|gb|AF033544.1|AF033544 [2642044] (View GenBank report, FASTA report, ASN.1 report, Graphical view , 2 MEDLINE links , or 6 nucleotide neighbors ) AF033556 Pyrrhula pyrrhula FhU2 microsatellite sequence gi|2642056|gb|AF033556.1|AF033556 [2642056] (View GenBank report, FASTA report, ASN.1 report, Graphical view , 2 MEDLINE links , or 6 nucleotide neighbors ) AF033552 Cecropis semirufa FhU2 microsatellite sequence gi|2642052|gb|AF033552.1|AF033552 [2642052] (View GenBank report, FASTA report, ASN.1 report, Graphical view , 2 MEDLINE links , or 7 nucleotide neighbors ) AF033555 Fringilla coelebs FhU2 microsatellite sequence gi|2642055|gb|AF033555.1|AF033555 [2642055] (View GenBank report, FASTA report, ASN.1 report, Graphical view , 2 MEDLINE links , or 4 nucleotide neighbors ) AF033553 Acrocephalus arundinaceus FhU2 microsatellite sequence gi|2642053|gb|AF033553.1|AF033553 [2642053] (View GenBank report, FASTA report, ASN.1 report, Graphical view , 2 MEDLINE links , or 2 nucleotide neighbors ) AF033547 Luscinia svecica FhU2 microsatellite sequence gi|2642047|gb|AF033547.1|AF033547 [2642047] (View GenBank report, FASTA report, ASN.1 report, Graphical view , 2 MEDLINE links , or 2 nucleotide neighbors )

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gb|U15201|CR15201 Cicinnurus regius mitochondrion cytochrom... 860 0.0 emb|X74253|MIEFCYTB E.fastuosus mitochondrion gene for cyto... 854 0.0 gb|U25733|LSU25733 Lophorina superba isolate SP-J 005/SP-J ... 854 0.0 gb|U15203|PRU15203 Paradisaea rudolphi mitochondrion cytoch... 846 0.0 emb|X74254|MIPPCYTBG P.paradiseus mitochondrion gene for cy... 839 0.0 gb|AF081975|AF081975 Vireo cassinii cassinii specimen-vouch... 839 0.0 gb|U86033.1|CMU86033 Corvus monedula cytochrome b gene, mit... 835 0.0 gb|U25732|LSU25732 Lophorina superba isolate SP-J 004 cytoc... 831 0.0 gb|AF081973|AF081973 Vireo cassinii cassinii specimen-vouch... 831 0.0 gb|AF081977|AF081977 Vireo cassinii cassinii specimen-vouch... 831 0.0 gb|AF082006|AF082006 Vireo plumbeus plumbeus specimen-vouch... 823 0.0 gb|AF081961|AF081961 Vireo flavifrons specimen-voucher LSU ... 823 0.0 gb|AF081971|AF081971 Vireo cassinii cassinii specimen-vouch... 823 0.0 gb|AF081974|AF081974 Vireo cassinii cassinii specimen-vouch... 823 0.0 gb|AF081982|AF081982 Vireo cassinii cassinii specimen-vouch... 823 0.0 gb|AF081984|AF081984 Vireo cassinii cassinii specimen-vouch... 823 0.0 gb|AF081959|AF081959 Vireolanius leucotis leucotis cytochro... 821 0.0 gb|AF081972|AF081972 Vireo cassinii cassinii specimen-vouch... 815 0.0 gb|AF081988|AF081988 Vireo cassinii cassinii specimen-vouch... 815 0.0 gb|AF081987|AF081987 Vireo cassinii cassinii specimen-vouch... 815 0.0 gb|U15202|SMU15202 Seleucidis melanoleuca mitochondrion cyt... 807 0.0 gb|AF081967|AF081967 Vireo solitarius alticola country USA,... 807 0.0 gb|AF081976|AF081976 Vireo cassinii cassinii specimen-vouch... 807 0.0 gb|AF081978|AF081978 Vireo cassinii cassinii specimen-vouch... 807 0.0 gb|U15207|MCU15207 Manucodia comrii mitochondrion cytochrom... 805 0.0 gb|U86041.1|NCU86041 Nucifraga caryocatactes cytochrome b g... 803 0.0 gb|AF081964|AF081964 Vireo solitarius solitarius specimen-v... 799 0.0 gb|AF081970|AF081970 Vireo solitarius alticola country USA,... 799 0.0 gb|AF081968|AF081968 Vireo solitarius alticola country USA,... 791 0.0 gb|AF081965|AF081965 Vireo solitarius solitarius specimen-v... 791 0.0 gb|AF081963|AF081963 Vireo solitarius solitarius specimen-v... 783 0.0 emb|X74252|MIMKCYTB M.keraudrenii mitochondrion gene for cy... 777 0.0 gb|U86032.1|CCU86032 Corvus corone cytochrome b gene, mitoc... 763 0.0 gb|U86040.1|PAU86040 Ptilostomus afer cytochrome b gene, mi... 759 0.0 gb|U86043.1|PGU86043 Pyrrhocorax graculus cytochrome b gene... 755 0.0 gb|AF081997|AF081997 Vireo plumbeus plumbeus specimen-vouch... 751 0.0 gb|U86034.1|GGU86034 Garrulus glandarius cytochrome b gene,... 747 0.0 gb|AF082007|AF082007 Vireo plumbeus plumbeus specimen-vouch... 743 0.0 gb|AF082002|AF082002 Vireo plumbeus plumbeus specimen-vouch... 743 0.0 emb|X74260|MIVOCYTB V.olivaceus mitochondrion gene for cyto... 743 0.0 gb|AF082001|AF082001 Vireo plumbeus plumbeus specimen-vouch... 743 0.0 gb|AF081994|AF081994 Vireo plumbeus plumbeus specimen-vouch... 735 0.0 gb|AF081998|AF081998 Vireo plumbeus plumbeus specimen-vouch... 735 0.0 gb|AF082000|AF082000 Vireo plumbeus plumbeus specimen-vouch... 735 0.0 gb|AF081991|AF081991 Vireo plumbeus plumbeus specimen-vouch... 735 0.0 gb|AF081995|AF081995 Vireo plumbeus plumbeus specimen-vouch... 730 0.0 gb|AF081979|AF081979 Vireo cassinii cassinii specimen-vouch... 728 0.0 gb|AF081962|AF081962 Vireo flavifrons specimen-voucher LSU ... 724 0.0 gb|AF011776|AF011776 Piranga olivacea collector number PRS ... 710 0.0 emb|Y10734|PIMY10734 P.inornatus mitochondrial cytb gene, p... 710 0.0 gb|U86042.1|PIU86042 Perisoreus infaustus cytochrome b gene... 708 0.0 gb|AF094613.1|AF094613 Corvus corone cytochrome b gene, par... 706 0.0 emb|Z73493|MTPTICYTB P.trochiloides mitochondrial cytochrom... 706 0.0 gb|U86037.1|CCU86037 Cissa chinensis cytochrome b gene, mit... 704 0.0 gb|AF011773|AF011773 Piranga ludoviciana tissue number OMVP... 702 0.0 gb|AF011774|AF011774 Piranga ludoviciana tissue number B-10... 700 0.0 gb|U86044.1|PPU86044 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax cytochrome b g... 690 0.0 gb|U86035.1|GLU86035 Garrulus lidthi cytochrome b gene, mit... 688 0.0 gb|AF011767|AF011767 Piranga flava tissue number B-5400 cyt... 678 0.0 gb|AF011772|AF011772 Piranga ludoviciana tissue number B-10... 670 0.0 gb|U77336|CFU77336 Calocitta formosa cytochrome-b gene, mit... 662 0.0 gb|U15205|EAU15205 Epimachus albertisi mitochondrion cytoch... 626 e-177 gb|AF136725.1|AF136725 Stiphrornis erythrothorax specimen-v... 519 e-145 emb|X60941|MIEACB33 Epimachus albertisii mitochondrial gene... 517 e-144 emb|Y10733|PPMY10733 P.proregulus mitochondrial cytb gene, ... 515 e-144 gb|AF136724.1|AF136724 Stiphrornis erythrothorax specimen-v... 511 e-142 gb|U86038.1|UEU86038 Urocissa erythrorhyncha cytochrome b g... 504 e-140
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150 160 170 180 190 200 210 . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1] AF020893 > 141 CACAGGGATC TTCCTAGCAA TACATTACTC ACCAAACATC TCACTGG 2] AF020894 > 141 CACCGGAATA TTTCTAGCCA TGCACTACTC ACCAAACATC TCACTAG 3] AF020895 > 141 CACCGGAATA TTTCTAGCTA TACACTACTC ACCAAACATC TCACTAGC 4] AF020896 > 141 TACTGGAATC TTTCTAGCAA TACACTACTC ACCAGACATC TCACTAGC 5] AF020897 > 141 TACCGGAATC TTTCTAGCAA TACACTACTC ACCAGACATC TCACTAG 6] AF020898 > 141 TACTGGAATT TTTCTGGCAA TACACTACTC ACCAAACATC TCACTAGC 7] AF020899 > 141 TACCGGAATC TTTCTAGCAA TACACTACTC ACCAAACATC TCACTAGC 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1] AF020893 > 211 ACCCGAGACG TACAGTACGG ATGACTCATC CGTAACATAC ACGCCA 2] AF020894 > 211 ACCCGAGATG TACAATATGG ATGACTTATC CGAAATACAC ATGCTAA 3] AF020895 > 211 ACCCGAGATG TACAATACGG ATGACTTATC CGAAATATAC ATGCTAA 4] AF020896 > 211 ACTCGAGATG TACAGTATGG ATGACTTATC CGAAACTTAC ACGCCAA 5] AF020897 > 211 ACCCGAGACG TACAGTACGG ATGACTTATC CGAAATATAC ATGCTAA 6] AF020898 > 211 ACCCGAGACG TACAGTACGG ATGGCTTATC CGAAATATAC ATGCCAA 7] AF020899 > 211 ACCCGAGACG TACAATATGG ATGACTCATT CGAAACATAC ATGCCAA 290 300 310 320 330 340 350 . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1] AF020893 > 281 GCATTTATCT TCACATCGGC CGAGGAATTT ATTACGGCTC ATACTTG 2] AF020894 > 281 GCATATACCT CCATATTGGA CGAGGACTTT ATTACGGCTC CTACCTA 3] AF020895 > 281 GCATATACCT CCATATTGGA CGAGGACTTT ACTATGGCTC CTATTTAT 4] AF020896 > 281 GTATCTACCT CCACATCGGC CGAGGACTTT ACTACGGTTC TTATCTC 5] AF020897 > 281 GCATTTACCT CCACATCGGC CGAGGACTTT ACTACGGCTC TTACCTA 6] AF020898 > 281 GTATCTACCT TCACATCGGT CAAGGACTTT ATTACGGCTC TTATCTAT 7] AF020899 > 281 GCATCTACCT CCACATCGGC CGAGGACTTT ACTACGGCTC TTACTTA

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Blood clots are not always wanted. For instance, many people take small doses of aspirin, under the direction of their doctors, to reduce the chance of the blood clots that cause heart attacks. Aspirin acts on the protein cyclooxygenase, which is important in another aspect of clot formation that uses small cell fragments called platelets. The rat poison warfarin, not commonly used these days, blocks the formation of the modified glutamate amino acids that hold calcium ions, shown on the last page. The unfortunate rats then die because of uncontrolled blood clotting. Leeches, as you might expect, also detest blood clots, because it means the end to their meal. They make special proteins that block thrombin (or other enzymes), stopping the formation of the clot. One example, a protein called hirudin, is shown here on the left (from PDB entry 2hgt). The leech protein is shown in blue-- notice how it blocks the active site of thrombin perfectly. Next: Exploring the Structure Previous: In the Right Place at the Right Time
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