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Waltraud Klepal
Researcher at University of Vienna
Publications - 54
Citations - 843
Waltraud Klepal is an academic researcher from University of Vienna. The author has contributed to research in topics: Idiosepius & Siboglinidae. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 54 publications receiving 775 citations.
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Mechanisms of cadmium toxicity in terrestrial pulmonates: Programmed cell death and metallothionein overload
TL;DR: The results suggest that in vivo, the observed overburdening of Cd‐MT with Cd2+ reduces the viability of affected animals.
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Mechanisms of Adhesion in Adult Barnacles
TL;DR: Within the free-living barnacles, a further division is recognized between acorn (Order Sessilia) and stalked (Order Pedunculata) forms and certain stalked species are termed “pleustonic” due to a lifestyle at the air/water interface.
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Snail mucus - glandular origin and composition in Helix pomatia.
Sophie Greistorfer,Waltraud Klepal,Norbert Cyran,Andreas Gugumuck,Livia Rudoll,Johannes Suppan,Janek von Byern +6 more
TL;DR: The present results for Helix pomatia show a clear difference in the number of glands compared to the related species Helix aspersa (only four mucus glands); histochemically, the glands of both species similarly produce acidic proteins as well as acidic glycosaminoglycans.
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Unusual adhesive production system in the barnacle Lepas anatifera: an ultrastructural and histochemical investigation.
TL;DR: Staining showed that L‐3,4‐dihydroxyphenylalanine and phosphoserine were not present in the glue producing tissues, demonstrating that the molecular adhesion of barnacles differs from all other permanently gluing marine animals studied to date.
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Adhesive mechanisms in cephalopods: a review
Janek von Byern,Waltraud Klepal +1 more
TL;DR: Histochemical studies indicate that in Nautilus and Idiosepius secretory cells that appear to be involved in adhesion stain for carbohydrates and protein, whilst in Euprymna only carbohydrates are detectable.