Biochemical and molecular characterization of acetylcholinesterase from the hagfish Myxine glutinosa

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-109

  Sanders, Michael ^a,b   Mathews, Bonnie ^a   Sutherland, David ^a,c   Soong, Weily ^a,d   Giles, Harry ^a,d   Pezzementi, Leo ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylcholinesterase; agnatha; butyrylcholinesterase; DNA sequence; evolution; hagfish; m olecular forms; PCR

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BAMBUTEROL; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; EDROPHONIUM; PROFENAMINE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; EVOLUTION; FISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGNATHA; ANIMALIA; HAGFISH; MYXINE GLUTINOSA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029842413     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(96)00088-0     Document Type: Article

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