Two cholinesterase activities and genes are present in amphioxus

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 277, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-229

  Sutherland, David ^a,b   McClellan, James Scott ^a   Milner, Daniel ^a,c   Soong, Weily ^a,c   Axon, Neal ^a,c   Sanders, Michael ^a,d   Hester, Alison ^a   Kao, Y U Hsing ^a   Poczatek, Ted ^a   Routt, Sheri ^a   Pezzementi, Leo ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,5 BIS(4 ALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUMPHENYL)PENTAN 3 ONE DIBROMIDE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; ISO OMPA; PHYSOSTIGMINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BENZENAMINIUM, 4,4'-(3-OXO-1,5-PENTANEDIYL)BIS(N,N-DIMETHYL-N-2-PROPENYL-), DIBROMIDE; BINDING SITES; BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; GENES; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSOSTIGMINE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TETRAISOPROPYLPYROPHOSPHAMIDE;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA FLORIDAE; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; OSTEICHTHYES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031568819     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19970215)277:3<213::AID-JEZ3>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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