Actin isoforms in amphioxus Branchiostoma lanceolatum

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 173-176

  Fagotti, Anna ^a   Di Rosa, Ines ^a   Simoncelli, Francesca ^a   Chaponnier, Christine ^b   Gabbiani, Giulio ^b   Pascolini, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actin expression; Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Acrania); Development, phylogenetic; Monoclonal antibodies

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA ACTIN; BETA ACTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; ISOMERISM;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CEPHALOCHORDATA; EUKARYOTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031889786     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051047     Document Type: Article

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