Fish calcitonin genes: Primitive bony fish genes have been conserved in some lower vertebrates

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 369-373

  Suzuki, Nobuo ^a   Ueda, Kunihiko ^a   Sakamoto, Hidenori ^a   Sasayama, Yuichi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcitonin gene; Primitive bony fishes, cartilaginous fishes; Teleosts

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CARTILAGINOUS TISSUE; FISH; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOCALCEMIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; ULTIMOBRANCHIAL BODY; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0032936739     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7215     Document Type: Article

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