Localization of molecules related to cholinergic signaling in eggs and zygotes of the sea urchin, Paracentrotus lividus

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 187-193

  Piomboni, P ^b   Baccetti, B ^b   Moretti, E ^b   Gambera, L ^b   Angelini, C ^b   Falugi, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Eggs; Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors; Sea urchin; Zygotes

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA URCHIN; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZYGOTE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MALE; OVUM; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SEA URCHINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0035229360     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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