N-acetylneuraminic acid (NANA) stimulates in situ cyclic AMP production in tentacles of sea anemone (Aiptasia pallida): Possible role in chemosensitization of nematocyst discharge

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2011-2020

  Ozacmak, V Haktan ^a   Thorington, Glyne U ^a   Fletcher, William H ^a   Hessinger, David A ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aiptasia pallida; Cyclic AMP; Cyclic AMP dependent protein kinase A; N acetylneuraminic acid; Nematocyst discharge; Sea anemone

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMORECEPTOR; DRUG EFFECT; ECTODERM; ENDODERM; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA ANEMONE;

1-METHYL-3-ISOBUTYLXANTHINE; ANIMALS; CHEMORECEPTORS; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ECTODERM; ENDODERM; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; SEA ANEMONES;

ACTINIARIA; AIPTASIA; AIPTASIA PALLIDA; ANEMONE; ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA;

EID: 0035745799     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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