SCREENING OF OPHIDIOMYCES OPHIDIICOLA IN THE FREE-RANGING SNAKE COMMUNITY ANNUALLY HARVESTED FOR THE POPULAR RITUAL OF SAN DOMENICO E DEI SERPARI (COCULLO, AQ, ITALY)

Screening of Ophidiomyces ophidiicola in the free-ranging snake community annually harvested for the popular ritual of San Domenico e dei Serpari (Cocullo, AQ, Italy)

In the Abruzzi village of Cocullo (Italy), each year, on May 1st, local snake hunters (known as Serpari) display colubrids, captured in the wild, to commemorate the ancient ritual of San Domenico.The ascomycete Ophidiomyces ophidiicola (Oo) is the causative agent of ophidiomycosis, an emerging disease with sublethal effects.Skin lesions, such as dy

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SCRAPPER Regulates the Thresholds of Long-Term Potentiation/Depression, the Bidirectional Synaptic Plasticity in Hippocampal CA3-CA1 Synapses

SCRAPPER, which is an F-box protein encoded by FBXL20, regulates the frequency of the civil air patrol emergency services patch miniature excitatory synaptic current through the ubiquitination of Rab3-interacting molecule 1.Here, we recorded the induction of long-term potentiation/depression (LTP/LTD) in CA3-CA1 synapses in E3 ubiquitin ligase SCRA

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