Mel V. Boo

The Whitish Inner Mantle of the Giant Clam, Tridacna squamosa, Expresses an Apical Plasma Membrane Ca2+-ATPase (PMCA) Which Displays Light-Dependent Gene and Protein Expressions

Yuen K. Ip, Kum C. Hiong, Enan J. K. Goh et al. · Frontiers in Physiology · 2017 · 57 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Physiology +17

Light induces changes in activities of Na+/K+-ATPase, H+/K+-ATPase and glutamine synthetase in tissues involved directly or indirectly in light-enhanced calcification in the giant clam, Tridacna squamosa

Yuen K. Ip, Biyun Ching, Kum C. Hiong et al. · Frontiers in Physiology · 2015 · 43 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Physiology +13

A light-dependent ammonia-assimilating mechanism in the ctenidia of a giant clam

Kum C. Hiong, Celine Y. L. Choo, Mel V. Boo et al. · Coral Reefs · 2016 · 43 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Metabolism +3

Carbonic anhydrase 2‐like in the giant clam, <i>Tridacna squamosa</i> : characterization, localization, response to light, and possible role in the transport of inorganic carbon from the host to its symbionts

Yuen K. Ip, Clarissa Z. Y. Koh, Kum C. Hiong et al. · Physiological Reports · 2017 · 42 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Molecular Biology +14

Molecular characterization, light-dependent expression, and cellular localization of a host vacuolar-type H + -ATPase (VHA) subunit A in the giant clam, Tridacna squamosa , indicate the involvement of the host VHA in the uptake of inorganic carbon and its supply to the symbiotic zooxanthellae

Yuen K. Ip, Kum C. Hiong, Leon Jian Ying Lim et al. · Gene · 2018 · 41 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Molecular Biology +16