Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding the retinal arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase of the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

Zoological Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 345-351

  Mizusawa, Kanta ^a   Iigo, Masayuki ^c   Suetake, Hiroaki ^a   Yoshiura, Yasutoshi ^a,d   Gen, Koichiro ^a,e   Kikuchi, Kiyoshi ^a   Okano, Toshiyuki ^b,c   Fukada, Yoshitaka ^b,c   Aida, Katsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^e FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0032384122     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.15.345     Document Type: Article

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