| glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase is an enzyme-crystallin in diurnal geckos of the genus phelsuma. | lenses from diurnal geckos, phelsuma barbouri, phelsuma madagascariensis grandis and phelsuma serraticauda contain a prominent 37 kda polypeptide (pi-crystallin) that is not present in lenses from the nocturnal geckos, gekko gekko, hemidactylus garnoti, tarentola annularis, and uroplatus henkeli. this protein was partially purified from p. serraticauda and was identified as glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (gapd). the gapds, which constitute 14-24% of the lens soluble protein in the diur ... | 1995 | 7733971 |
| xanthomatosis in geckos: five cases. | five cases of xanthomatosis in geckos were evaluated, one in a northern green gecko (naultinus grayi) and the remaining four in three species of leaf-tailed geckos (two uroplatus henkeli, one u. sikorae, one u. fimbriatus). all geckos were females 3-11 yr of age, were clinically ill on presentation, and either died or were euthanized. necropsies showed emaciation in three geckos, with white nodular foci on coelomic surfaces in two of these geckos. the other two geckos had no gross abnormalities. ... | 1999 | 10572873 |