1-Methyladenine production from ATP by starfish ovarian follicle cells

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1428, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-20

  Mita, Masatoshi ^a,b   Yoshikuni, Michiyasu ^c   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Teikyo Junior College   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 Methyladenine; Adenosine triphosphate; Oocyte maturation; Ovarian follicle cells; Starfish

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLADENINE; ADENINE; ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; BIOASSAY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ADENINE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FEMALE; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; METHYLATION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; STARFISH; TRITIUM;

ASTERINA PECTINIFERA; ASTEROIDEA;

EID: 0033066229     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(99)00041-0     Document Type: Article

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