Javier V. Alvarez

The Involvement of Hemocyte Prophenoloxidase in the Shell-Hardening Process of the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus

Javier V. Alvarez, J. Sook Chung · PLoS ONE · 2015 · 22 citations · Full text

Cytoskeleton, Hemocyte Prophenoloxidase, Blue Crab +17

Changes in ecdysteroid levels and expression patterns of ecdysteroid-responsive factors and neuropeptide hormones during the embryogenesis of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus

Sirinart Techa, Javier V. Alvarez, J. Sook Chung · General and Comparative Endocrinology · 2014 · 21 citations

Biology, Developmental Biology, Medicine +12

The tanning hormone, bursicon, does not act directly on the epidermis to tan the Drosophila exoskeleton

Justin Flaven‐Pouchon, Javier V. Alvarez, Candy Rojas et al. · BMC Biology · 2020 · 21 citations · Full text

Elevated water temperature increases the levels of reo-like virus and selected innate immunity genes in hemocytes and hepatopancreas of adult female blue crab, Callinectes sapidus

J. Sook Chung, Joseph S. Pitula, Eric J. Schott et al. · Fish & Shellfish Immunology · 2015 · 13 citations

Biology, Innate Immunity Genes, Insect Virus +9

Cloning of prophenoloxidase from hemocytes of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus and its expression and enzyme activity during the molt cycle

Javier V. Alvarez, J. Sook Chung · Fish & Shellfish Immunology · 2013 · 11 citations

Biology, Callinectes Sapidus, Biochemistry +9